He is great. You never hear anything about any club wanting to sign him though. I suppose he is happy at Inter and wants to stay in Italy?
Day 7 | Slovenia vs Serbia | Denmark vs England | Spain vs Italy
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He is great. You never hear anything about any club wanting to sign him though. I suppose he is happy at Inter and wants to stay in Italy?
Spain are seriously good.
Spaletti's suit is something.
Of course he does
Both these sides would annihilate us.
Vitinha has been great at Porto, so continued at PSG. Ruiz was dogshit though. Enrique held him back if anything. I dont think he had a good season.
Do you not have any better prospects than Scamacca and Frattesi?
I remember Scholes saying midfield was about getting the ball and playing the wingers in dangerous positions, Spain have that down and it’s great to watch.
Luis Enrique has tried to make them possession based style football but whatever reason it hasn't worked with him
Not funny, duffer. <waggle finger emoji>
These two love a dive or two.
Did you see Brozovic's ?
It's a so strange to see an italian team without a single elite technician.
Italians playing way too direct. Just booting the ball needlessly.
Italy EURO 2020 was great at this. Insigne & Chiesa were very threatening all tournament long.
I don’t like any tattoos, but yes, those on the neck are the worst.
Italy deserves credit for handling this Spanish pressure. But for how long?!
If Italy scores first, I wonder how Spain handles it.
How whistle happy is this ref? He's falling for everything
Is Chiesa the only wide Italian player with some speed?
Not counting Dimarco, who seems like he can go a run as he's coming from deep.
Not counting Dimarco, who seems like he can go a run as he's coming from deep.
That’s how a possession team should be playing.
When you think how Spain used to play, successful but a bit boring.
Chose to play for his parent’s homeland, Ghana. I don’t think Spain fancied him to be honest because it wasn’t until 2022 he got capped for Ghana, almost 6 yrs after he made his first friendly appearance for Spain’s senior team.
I think the Spanish FA learned their lesson with Nico and capped him early. The modern game requires technique in addition to athleticism. Yamal and Nico give Spain the pace on the wings and ability play far more vertically.
We don’t know how they will do later in this tournament. But, 90% of the teams in this tournament would’ve been today down a goal or two against Spain playing like this. The fact that it’s still 0-0 is remarkable.
Pedri's off the ball movement to make himself available for a pass is elite
Wait Barella isn't good enough for you?
Calafiori is great.
What's the point of Frattesi?
What's the point of Frattesi?
I guess so. But you have to feel that if we’d gone big for him a long time ago, and showed him how much we wanted him, we could’ve gotten him. Would’ve doubled his wages, played in the best league etc.
To be honest I’m surprised Barca never went after him. He’d have been perfect for them. You know, back when they were spending money they didn’t have.
Real lack of quality up front for Italy
Di Lorenzo is having a nightmare
Pedri has been underwhelming so far in both games. Don’t watch Barca to comment but it does feel like those injuries have really capped him
As a technician? No.
Barella is one of the elite technical midfielders in the world…..
What’s even worse is he could try Wharton in the role. Instead, he opts for a clueless RB and then a clueless ball-carrying, average passing player as the back up.He actually said that about Phillips? My oh my
Southgate has over a billion in talent at his disposal and is pining for Kalvin Phillips. There are no words.
As useful ad Artur the Brazilian
You guys suck. What does the Italian press say about all this, being a football country and with your curriculum.
I'm not so impressed with Spain. Nico misses a lot and Lamal is pretty much missing. The advantage is that Rodri is incredibly dominant
I don't know if this Spain team will win anything, but at least they're not boring any more.
It’s amazing what a team with two competent wingers can look like. Every time a Spanish midfielder has the ball and looks up there’s a palpable sense of danger
Do you mean technician like someone to fix the AC on the bus?
What a difference from the shit show we had before.
Why is the referee wearing just shorts?