Originally Posted by
Primo Carnera
Originally Posted by
erics44
I dont think italys route to the final has been any more difficult than Englands and they have not exactly set the world on fire in the knockouts
they didnt look good against Austria, used all the gamesmanship in the book against Belgium and were outplayed for the most part against Spain
and lets be frank Austria are no better than Ukraine and this is far from the best Spanish team in history
(its coming home)
Yep, Austria are no better than Ukraine eh? Uh , except Austria BEAT Ukraine in the group. And I suppose Belgium are no better than Denmark . Uh, except Belgium BEAT Denmark in the groups.
And it’s not the best Spanish team in history. Ok, but is it the best German team in history? Or perhaps the worst?
2 things I’m gonna give you credit for.
1. You are very consistent …. Consistenly lack logic.
2.You are the ultimate optimist.
Still you’re enjoying yourself, so that’s nice.
Ok, here we go.
Austria are no better than Ukraine, the group game was 1 nil and tight, they could play 10 times and it would be 5 wins all
Mate, the way you prove who is better and who is worse is you play each other in a meaningful game , and the winners are better and the losers are worse.
This “if they played 10 times bullshit “ isn’t the real world.
Italy struggled against Austria, it was far from convincing
Very fair. But no less convincing than England beating Denmark.
I never said Belgium are no better than Denmark, Italy's win against Belgium was their best of the knockouts in terms of the result
And Spain were the better team against Italy, I don't really see how you could disagree with that, if you did you'd be the only person Id heard to have favoured Italy
I agree that over the whole match Spain played better, but you have to make it count, and let’s not forget, Italy were never behind in the game.
and it certainly isn't the worst German team in history and it was a very convincing win, Germany had 2 good chances (the stats may suggest they had more but apart from those 2 England weren't in any danger) and England carved out quite a few dangerous chances
Name a worse German side, either in your opinion or by how successful they have been?
we were also comfortably the better team against Ukraine and the better team against Denmark
so I am very consistent in what I am saying, i think England's performances in the knockouts stages have been a lot better than Italy's, Italy's
perhaps were better than England's in the group
Wow , how very generous of you.
but all irrelevant, the worry is Italy know how to win these games, like the gamesmanship against Belgium, lets hope for a strong ref
I’m not sure about all this gamesmanship against Belgium, all I saw was a side that clinically disposed of the world ranked no.1 never looking in any danger. If Belgium hadn’t been given a penalty in injury time of the 1st half, Italy would’ve won 3 or 4 nil. They were on fire.
And it’s funny you say about a strong ref, because the Italian press have said exactly the same thing.
Let’s not hope for any dodgy penalties or 2 balls on the pitch when a goal is scored. 👍
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