Well done Ingerland Ingerland Ingerland.

[VVC-Geeza]

One more sleep...

[Gino]

Originally Posted by Stevie25

Euro final tickets…
This may be of interest to someone:
A friend has 2 tickets in a corporate box for the England v Italy game on Sunday.
He paid £2,750 each, but he didn't realise when he bought them months ago that it was going to be the same day as his wedding!
If you are interested, he is looking for someone to take his place.
It's at Leeds Registry Office, at 5pm. Her name is Louise. She's 5'5", red head, size 10, quite pretty, has her own income and is a really good cook!

What's her name & where does she live?

[WillyHeckaslike]

Well done Italy, best team won on the night.

[VVC-Geeza]

I have to say that I thought bringing on 2 players with a couple of minutes to go to take a penalty was a very very poor decision.They had no chance to warm up or find the rhythm of the game,they were still cold.Not a coincidence to me that all 3 who missed had only been on for a matter of minutes and the 2 who scored had played the match.Fine lines to win it but never the less it cost us in my opinion.Grealish and Sterling should have taken one for me.Grealish hadn't played the full game either but he's one of those rare players who adapts to the situation quickly.Very Very disappointing ☹️

[VVC-Geeza]

Originally Posted by WillyHeckaslike

Well done Italy, best team won on the night.

Game of two halves I thought Steve.England looked very comfortable in the first half but were under considerable pressure in the second.Having made it to pens though I feel we threw it away for the reasons I gave above. Congrats to Italy regardless.

[WillyHeckaslike]

England were lucky to get to penalties Mick. For most of the second half in normal time Italy had the game by the scruff of the neck and England hardly had a look in.

Shocked at the scenes showing ticket-less England fans storming the ground. Where were the Police? Memories of Hillsborough in 1989 flashed through my mind and thought that the covid restrictions might have prevented another tragedy.

[WillyHeckaslike]

Never been a fan of penalties being the deciding factor, rotten for the players and it reduces a football match to a lottery. If goals cannot determine the outcome alone then it should in my opinion then be points, both positive and negative, awarded during the match itself. Things like conduct, woodwork strikes, corners possession etc. could all be marked and considered to determine a fairer outcome.

[planenut]

The England Team should be proud of their achievement in coming second in the Tournament: Italy were definitely better in the second half, and actually were not as brutal as their teams have been in the past.

I too hate the lottery of the penalty shootout.

[VVC-Geeza]

I have to disagree that penalties are a lottery.Yes,the pressure of the occasion increases the tension in taking one but you do not bring on 2 player in a situation like that who's first task is to score a pen after sitting on their backside for the last 3 hours and a third player who had only been on for a little longer. Look at the way the Germans approached penalties at Italia 90 and Euro 96. Five calm side footers,they planned it.It was not left to chance.When will we learn that they are part of the game and not an add on where fate decides the outcome.

[stevestrat]

The first half was all England, they had the Italians running round in circles and getting frustrated. However England failed to adapt to the Italian's change of tactics in the 2nd half and paid for it.

I sincerely hope they track down the idiots who racially abused Rashford, Sancho and Saya online. Social media needs to be less anonymous and posts easier to trace. Also a mural of Rashford in Manchester was defaced soon after the game.