Not everytime the ball hits your hand is a handball. Fair enough If he's deliberating using his hand but he isn't?
Worst rule to ever come into football is that one, it should be scrapped immediately
Internationals March (Euro Qualifiers)
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Not everytime the ball hits your hand is a handball. Fair enough If he's deliberating using his hand but he isn't?
Worst rule to ever come into football is that one, it should be scrapped immediately
England by far the better team here and actually dominating the midfield pretty comfortably (completely the opposite of the Euros final).
Yeah where is Chiesa, he was such a great player whenever i watched him.
I'm just waiting for the per game Pickford doing T-Rex screaming at meteor of extinction moment, only reason i tune in.
If he hadn’t handled the ball it would have come to Kane ….stonewall pen imo
Fair enough although given the way the game started, England should have cruised but Southgate is, as we all know, a clown
it was nowhere near blatant. Handball has become farcicalHow is it harsh? Kane was going to chest it down and the Italian player deflects the ball out of play with his handAbout as blatant as you can get
Yes.
fair enough, I was trying to not be too harshSus... I guess you don't know much Spanish
Shit first half from us but who cares, two teams from each group qualify to the EURO2024 so the important games will be against Ukraine (and even if we finish 3rd there's still the playoffs).
We defeated England when it mattered, in the Euro2020 final and the UEFA Nations league sending them to the League B while this is a pretty meaningless game
We defeated England when it mattered, in the Euro2020 final and the UEFA Nations league sending them to the League B while this is a pretty meaningless game
Verrati is on the pitch but it’s still unclear if he’s playing
I predict:
1. England to dominate the group, essentially win every game
2. Euro wankathon starts
3. England cruise through group stage
4. Wankathon intensifies
5. England put out in semis.
-repeat every 4 years-
How many will bite?
1. England to dominate the group, essentially win every game
2. Euro wankathon starts
3. England cruise through group stage
4. Wankathon intensifies
5. England put out in semis.
-repeat every 4 years-
How many will bite?
Alright, why shouldn't it have been a penalty?
I mean you can question the rule of course but that penalty just now is probably the least farcical interpretation we’ve seen
Verratti is playing.
Why is Grealish trying to be a smartarse with that finish, he tries to hit the ball with his laces instead of just side footing. He’s been our poorest player.
That is a good point and I also stand corrected.
Because there's zero pressure from Italy.
I will. No way we get to the semis!
The ball hits his hand? Handball. People are weird nowadays.
Anyway Italy definitely missing the experience of Chiellini and Bonucci. I dont actually think this Italy team is that good.
Like city like stadium.
To be fair we’d have been annoyed if that penalty was given against us. Dion Dublin speculated the defender possibly stopped kane chesting it down or creating a chance, if I heard him right. Not sure what he’s watching as Kane headed it at him 
I can’t believe Michael Owen scored more goals for England than Shearer did.
Three CB against the mighty Liechtenstein and 1-0 at HT. The Spanish Fernando Santos.
No different to any other Italian stadium, besides the new(ish) Allianz Stadium.
If we cut off players arms and give a penalty then fair enough but he intentionally has an arm
Waiting for the day it happens to a United player and will be uproar here
Italy not at the races at all there today
That's England qualified. Well done
That's England qualified. Well done
Stats suck. Shearer was a marvelous beast.
I just googled it, makes it funnier
Gerrard making friends with Spurs fans (he said it is maybe time for Kane to move on from Spurs)
Just my term for handball (past tense) ….nonetheless a definite pen imo
Why isn't Tonali starting?
I know it’s not in the full squads, but even Englands 3 teams (Liverpool, City, Chelsea) that were in the last round have a similar number of English players in their starting lineups.
Gerrard - the Italian forward looks like a duck out of water
Nah, you guys have, over the last 8 years or so, done well enough for me to have to psychologically deal with the aftermath in advance.
Amazing.
To be fair they’ve completely lost one of the best defences to play together in Chiellini, Bonnuci and Barzagli.
Wish I had the feed with Gerrard, apparently he criticized Mancini's tactics