Saka on the 5th penalty is a criminal decision.
Final: Italy vs England
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Enjoy having a tommy tank reading the racist abuse Rashford will be getting for the next 6 months.
Better team won. Italy dominated the game. We/Southgate didn't build on our initial great start. Just fell further and further back. Cant remember a chance after Shaw's goal.
I agree 100%. They should have been on long before and we should have gone for it.
Truly terrible from him on that, agreed.
The salt in here is immense. This was pretty much rigged for England to win, a "neutral" Euro that they played almost entirely in Wembley, plus the robbing of Denmark.
And still they find a way to lose. Damn.
And still they find a way to lose. Damn.
They also have fresher legs as they cover less ground throughout the match.
May have volunteered after people like Sterling and grealish said no
Felt Spain were robbed against them. Also lots of decisions went there way today. Meh “champion” to be honest. Good against Belgium for 65 mins then went into diving mode.
God damn Eder still carrying the trophy 
Aye, some here getting their knickers in a twist with Chiellini and his cynical foul... well, that's how you tell someone who's boss. Man's game and all that. Well worth a yellow.
Should have never sub Saka on
Why did he sub Henderson off? He forgot DCL still on the bench too.
DCL, Maguire, Henderson, Sancho, Kane would be a better outcome.
They even found Eder to play his part in the ceremony. It just gets better and better.
Seeing Eder always brings a smile to my face.
You bring on two penalty takers with one minute left ???? They never even touched the ball
Southgate bottled it simple as that
Southgate bottled it simple as that
Sterling is a senior player. Why he didn’t take a pen is beyond me..
Only morons espect players to come off the bench and immediately score from penalties.
Biggest bottlers from both teams was southgate, awful game management, whilst Mancini was making positive changes, southgate was stuck in playing it safe right to the very last minute when he hesitated to sub on sancho and rashford to the point that the penalty was basically their first kick of the match.
I knew saka was going to miss, the minute he came on he struggled and it was obvious that the stage was too much pressure for him to handle, let's face it he never experienced high pressure situations with a bang average mid table arsenal side.
I knew saka was going to miss, the minute he came on he struggled and it was obvious that the stage was too much pressure for him to handle, let's face it he never experienced high pressure situations with a bang average mid table arsenal side.
You did a great job selecting your name. It's the only decent contribution you've made
No one to boo the Italian celebrations left in the stadium.
Cruel way to go out, god I hope no one starts the racist comments on those lads. They don’t deserve it! Italy overall deserved it in my opinion
Thought Philips was very good, Rice was OK, but we got over run in there. The Italians played as they usually do, plenty of possession, but we snuffed them out in and around the box. We certainly need Bellingham to mature over the next few months, and include him in the team more often.
Same. The biggest one of the lot, and up pops Saka? Just appalling. His life will never be the same again after this, and not in a good way.
Mancini's subs and tactical change won them the game. Italy completely dominated possession after he took Barella off for that Roma lad and switched the formation.
Southgate just stood there looking clueless.
Southgate just stood there looking clueless.
Generation of failures....
GET IT UP YE ENGLAND!!
GET IT UP YE ENGLAND!!
I just hope that it does not affect Sancho for years...
Agree, it’s really asking a lot from a 21 y/o to nail the country’s most important penalty since Lord Nelson’s days, when the poor guy hasn’t even touched the ball yet.
And what the feck is going through Southgates mind when he subs in two penalty takers 1 minute before the end? They didn't even get to touch the ball before taking the most important penalty of their life. What an idiot.
Really hope Sakha, Rashford and Sancho don't get any abuse, let alone racist abuse on social media, unfortunately I fear they will. More needs to be done to prevent it happening.
That player of the tournie trophy if fecking horrid.
Create an Empire and wonder why everyone likes to see you lose in things like sport and wars. Funny that
Penalties are a lottery though.
Italy missed two, one from a starter who is a penalty expert (Jorginho) and another who came on with half an hour to go (Belotti).
Means nothing really. England produced nothing for two hours.
Lampard saying “you have to give Raheem credit for saying “no, I’m not feeling it” is the worst take I’ve ever heard. He’s basically saying “nah, let the 19 year old take it”.
Doing something when you’re scared is the definition of character and bravery and today he’s gone way down in my estimation.
Doing something when you’re scared is the definition of character and bravery and today he’s gone way down in my estimation.
That was ridiculous. Leaving Grealish on the bench for so long was criminal.
Great result. Forza Italy
Nice try, nobody's mad or upset but one of us is acting like a dickhead.
Try growing up a bit and show a little of that class that's been mentioned so often this week.
I was rooting for England for the United lads, but Italy were miles better. England played for penalties. They were very poor.
Rashford deserves it for his penalty technique apparently.