We all know the routine, but even you know that objectively that’s not true.England are shit.
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We all know the routine, but even you know that objectively that’s not true.England are shit.
I do agree that Southgate is probably too defensive, but like I don't see any other manager really getting anything more from England. It's not really a tactics thing so much, what sets Italy and Belgium apart is how they operate as a team. I mean, you see the same kind of fight and teamwork in some of the 'lesser' teams like Denmark and the Czechs, but they don't have the players all over the pitch to really work like a machine. Italy and Belgium do.
I guess Germany is the best example of what I'm saying here. They can play like a machine, and they're brilliant when they do it. But switch just a couple of players out of the team, bring a couple of players in that aren't on the same page, and their machine falls apart.
What's amazing about Italy is that their team spirit and team work is so fuckin good that they can basically switch players in and out and hardly suffer any negative effect at all. They definitely missed Chiellini for the 2 or 3 matches he was out, but they still won and then when he came back they looked even better. You'd think surely they'll miss Spinnazola as well - what's the odds that whoever plays there instead does just as well? The genius of Mancini here is how he's got so many players on the same page for so long, with all the players really playing for each other and no ego shit. That's what makes them that bit better than all the rest.
Yeah even with the dive discounted the second ball on the pitch shoulda been enough for VAR.Not a penalty. Shame on VAR.
Poor Kaspar - he's been immense.
After decades of complaining about Maradona in 1986 (''cheating'') what will the likes of Lineker say about that penalty?
But the real villain was the VAR person.
Really good match until that point.
I want an autographed photo of Kaspar Schmeichel for Xmas.
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