Nah. 2016 was much worse. 2010 was pretty bad too iirc, after Pirlo's injury
Day 2 | Hungary vs Switzerland | Spain vs Croatia | Italy vs Albania
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That number 4 ducking his head in the biggest game in your countries history is some weak shit.
Looked like a shiner.
Albania nr 4 ducks out of the way for the shot, understandable reaction but looked like he could have blocked it if not
If he took it in the face it'd probably still be 1-1
Mama mia! 
Lovely strike .
2-1 to Italy. The goal’s been given. The first goal of the tournament I’ve missed as I went to the toilet.
Blink twice miss three goals.
Here I go againMama mia!
Something about watching Italy, they’re just one of those teams that make these tournaments what they are (regardless of how good or bad they are). A bit like Brazil in the WC for me.
What were they actually checking on that goal?
Banging tournament so far.
Now that was a tournament. 1996 wasn't too shabby either.
Yeah there is a clear gulf in quality here, saw something similar with Germany yesterday.
Worth pointing out that Italy have two left-footed centre halves, for those who like to act as if that is somehow illegal, despite two right footers doing it regularly.
The shot wasn't even that hard
Enough about Eva.
I was going to say it's the second consecutive Euro match that Italy concedes in the first minute. But it turns out Shaw's goal in the final was actually in the second minute, so no fun trivia today.
Interesting to see who finishes second in this group. Potential QF opponent for England.
Unless it's Albania, England would be out
Maybe the Conte team of 2016. Despite it doing very well in the tournament , on paper that team was worse than this.
Italy don't look good.
The last tournament in Germany wasn't too shabby either (WC 06). Hopefully more of the same.
FFS I missed all the goals
I think we'd have a rough night against Spain, I think we are better than both Croatia and Italy, but then again those teams, particularly Italy seem to find a way.
What?
That Italy team was class. This one, not so much.
Great start to the tournament. Goals galore
Ridiculous opinion
In hindsight, yes. At the time, the perception was much less positive.
In your defence, most people need more time for a shit than this match for 3 goals.
How so? They are slow to move the ball, touches are inconsistent, not great close control.
Yeah they were looked on as being too old and a team of former greats as I recall. The standards were just incredibly high at that World Cup.
Di Lorenzo is bang average
I like Calafiori. Bologna, 22 years old. Sign him up!
Hard to take a measure of any of the top countries so far this tourney given the lopsidedness/underperforming of their opponents.
Is Branthwaite playing