Final: Italy vs England

[Rustyspider13]

Perfect half from an England perspective. The defense and midfield have done the job; Shaw has been exceptional as usual, Kane has been fantastic at holding the ball, but Mount and Sterling have been off in their decision making.

Both sets of players falling over at the slightest touch, good to see the ref not buying most of them. Italy will create something in the second half as Mancini will find some way to get more attacks going. Hope England get the second before then.

 

[Irwin99]

Wonder if Italy might be as well to mirror England's formation

 

[Alex99]

Mount had been the worst player for England so far I think. So many attacks have broken down with him. Grealish could make a massive impact here.

He's wasted a couple of very good chances with a poor first time ball and both times he's almost hooked it rather than striking it cleanly, but he's done a good job at keeping them from operating in space for the most part

 

[Rado_N]

Chiesa looks dangerous.

Cheeky bid? Italians don't usually don't often leave Italy though

More chance of signing Kane for £50m

 

[Berbasbullet]

Honestly we have been great. I hope we still bring on more attackers later in the game and kill them off.

 

[Zlatan 7]

Engerland Engerland Engerlaaand..

can’t see Italy scoring to be honest

 

[ArjenIsM3]

What the feck is wrong with the Italians? They're horrible

 

[SirAnderson]

Jorginho is their best player

Chiesa was more a dangerous threat this half for me. In the end though the team itself looked very disjointed and not clicking.

 

[kyofusho]

This game is made for Marcus Rashford.

No thanks. Plenty in far better form ahead of him on the bench today.

 

[horsechoker]

Honestly we have been great. I hope we still bring on more attackers later in the game and kill them off.

I think Southgate will play it safe

 

[christinaa]

Italy not used to being 1-0 behind. They lack the cutting edge in attack to score a goal.

Don't underestimate the Italians.
They'll fight tooth and nail but England must not fall so back

 

[BFernandes]

To be fair it's way less boring than we all thought.

Still not great, but that early goal has done us a favour for entertainment in the second half as it goes on I feel.

You're looking so dangerous on the counter. Wouldn't be surprised to see another quick start and get a second.

 

[padr81]

Captain obvious but that was the worst possible thing for Italy. They're doing now what they should have done with the score at 0-0; keeping the ball and making England chase the ball. There's no cutting edge though for Italy.

England deserve the lead.Immobile is god awful. Can't believe I thought he'd have a great tournament.

Did they even touch the ball before the 1-0?

 

[laughtersassassin]

Man would should be aiming to get Rice alongside Pogba for next season.

With our current options it's the best partnership.

If Pogba left Rice and Fred wouldn't be good enough.

 

[lex talionis]

Mourinho will of course claim credit for making Shaw the footballer he is today.

 

[MU655]

The final tends to not be a great game.

The Portugal v France one was boring, as well. The last really entertaining one was probably 2000.

 

[Sultan]

Taking out the emotion of the game it's really been a poor spectacle. No genuine attempts outside of the goal and Chiesa shot. Sterling and Kane have been non-exsistent as have most of the Italian team.

Shout out to Shaw and Chiesa being the best players on the pitch this half.

 

[Adam-Utd]

Engerland Engerland Engerlaaand..

can’t see Italy scoring to be honest

nice jinx attempt - they could get plenty

 

[BFernandes]

Kane has been somewhat anonymous.

What? He's been a nightmare for Italy.

 

[Berbasbullet]

I think Southgate will play it safe

Me too, and I’m sure he will make the right decision no matter what.

 

[mu4c_20le]

What the feck is wrong with the Italians? They're horrible

They are finally playing a good team.

 

[adexkola]

Mount relatively ineffective out on the left, apart from defensive cover he's not doing much. He's the first I'd bring off in favor of someone who can help ye hold possession and move the ball up the field more. Rice is having a terrific game but he's not the one to do that as much as he has tried.

Kane has been good, Sterling has had moments but could be better.

Back 5 have been tremendous. Philips has been busy.

 

[Vidyoyo]

I'd love to see DCL against a tired Italian defence

 

[Nick7]

Did they even touch the ball before the 1-0?

They had a corner.

 

[Balljy]

England doing what we've done in most games this tournament. Making the game comfortable for 70 minutes and forcing the opposition to close us down constantly then bring on someone to have a go at tired legs.

 

[padr81]

What the feck is wrong with the Italians? They're horrible

They were the same for the most part vs Spain. Press their defence and they really struggle.

 

[atkar83]

Honestly we have been great. I hope we still bring on more attackers later in the game and kill them off.

I see them doing the opposite. No changes and hope to squeak out a 1-0 win. Don't see them going for the throat so it'll be squeaky butt time.

 

[Dante]

Kane has been somewhat anonymous.

lolwut

He's been fantastic.

 

[Carolina Red]

Yeah I think he has made it a nice open flowing game.

Yes, absolutely.

It’s made for a much better watch than last night for sure.

 

[OmarUnited4ever]

I know why Southgate plays Mount, he gives that work rate and very tactical player, but he's not offering much offensively but I am not sure Southgate will take him out

 

[edcunited1878]

Mount cannot hold up play and he's finding it hard to be on the half turn. Kane has to drop deep, but if Shaw is playing the ball first time up the pitch to Mount, the ball has to stick to allow Shaw and Kane move up the pitch with Rice behind them.

 

[sebsheep]

Kane has been somewhat anonymous.

Really? Been involved when we've had the ball, not been in the box enough though.

 

[Canucantona20]

Kane has been somewhat anonymous.

What? His hold up play has been immense

 

[Berbasbullet]

Kane has been somewhat anonymous.

Get in the bin! He has dropped deep and been a nightmare. I’m the first to criticise him but hes been good.

 

[Redlambs]

You're looking so dangerous on the counter. Wouldn't be surprised to see another quick start and get a second.

Yeah, I think we definitely need a possession spell and some quick attacks. Even if we don't score, it'll tire them out more at the back for our pace on the bench.

 

[UnofficialDevil]

England are 2004 Greece for sure. But no one will care if England win.

No way. Did you see Greece play? Night and day. England are playing some nice football. Greece were atrocious.

 

[Irwin99]

Did they even touch the ball before the 1-0?

maguire kicked out a back pass for a corner and you were thinking 'geez, there's nerves there' and then that happens straight after

 

[Judas]

If Sterling can make the right decision at least once, we should get another on the break.

I hate that I truly truly believe its very much on

 

[Sancho7]

Mount had been the worst player for England so far I think. So many attacks have broken down with him. Grealish could make a massive impact here.

I just think they haven't come off yet, you can see things what he's been trying to do (linking up with Sterling) and some of the play is impressive.

 

[padr81]

They had a corner.

Forgot about that, in my defence I'm very intoxicated.