Euro 2012 Group C (Irelands Group)

swoody

Coletrickle88 wrote: »

Spain need a Striker on

they need to stop passing it around the penlty box and just shoot on site

HazDanz

Chiellini is having a fantastic game.

electrobanana

I can see Italy snatching a 1-0 in this one

bwatson

I hope Spain don't manage to win this. I can't work out if its arrogance or craziness that has made them believe they can win this game using 5-a-side tactics without a striker, against a well set up Italian side no less.

You would think they had Kevin Doyle and Andy Carroll on the bench, not Fernando Llorente, probably one of the most coveted strikers around atm.

yomtea98

Great play by the Spainish

Jimmy Iovine

Class from Mario

LostBoy101

Ineista caught it on the wrong side of the foot there for that chance, unlucky.

Mars Bar

Class touch by Balotelli!

yomtea98

What a touch by Balotelli

Mars Bar

Whoah, great save

flyswatter

Great game this.

shrewdness

Unbelievable tekkers.

kitakyushu

If this is anything to go by then I hope Barca meet Juve in next seasons CL!

LostBoy101

If Spain bring on a striker at HT I can see them scoring.

kevohmsford

Unlucky header from Motta, nice save Casillas.

yomtea98

I enjoyed that

Bounty Hunter

Can anyone watching ITVs coverage confirm if their volume is working atm?

Francie Barrett

Best game of the tournament so far.

swoody

games crying out for torres

kingshankly

Both games today to finish 0-0

kryogen

Italy have certainly had the better chances, can't understand Spain playing with no striker, no attempt to exploit the central defensive issues that Italy have

Will I Amnt

Hopefully we can pick up 6 points against Croatia...,

ScummyMan

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Can anyone watching ITVs coverage confirm if their volume is working atm?

Yep fine for me anyway

electrobanana

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Can anyone watching ITVs coverage confirm if their volume is working atm?

working for me anyway

kitakyushu

It's a shame that one of these two great teams won't be going to the quarter finals.

markie29

kryogen wrote: »

Italy have certainly had the better chances, can't understand Spain playing with no striker, no attempt to exploit the central defensive issues that Italy have

they should have Llorente there to exploit De Rossis lack of height.

Renn

Massive lols at people so confident about Ireland's chances vs Italy and the general underestimation of them. De Rossi, Chiellini and Pirlo have been immense.

ooPabsoo

Great game so far. the italians are much better than I expected...de rossi has been great at centre half

Kylo Ren

cambo2008 wrote: »

Hopefully we can pick up 6 points against Croatia...,

Jesus that would be unreal alright. Could probably progress with that one game!

kryogen

Renn wrote: »

Massive lols at people so confident about Ireland's chances vs Italy and the general underestimation of them. De Rossi, Chiellini and Pirlo have been immense.

Not that I think Ireland will beat Italy, but have you ever heard the expression Any Given Sunday?

Now admittedly its stolen from American Football, but on any given day any team can beat any other team.

Italy playing well today doesnt really matter, same as the Dutch being so wasteful yesterday doesnt mean they wont turn it on when they meet Germany

Pudsy33

Renn wrote: »

Massive lols at people so confident about Ireland's chances vs Italy and the general underestimation of them. De Rossi, Chiellini and Pirlo have been immense.

True, but on the flip side I'm more confident about the spain game.

Bounty Hunter

dang, guess its the stream (totally legal site of course...) sound cut out around the 40th minute mark. Need it back for the Irish game whatever happens.

Jimmy Iovine

Seeing that chance for Silva where he passed back makes it look worse. Clear chance on goal and turned back.

G.K.

The problem isn't that there's no striker, the problem is that Spain aren't providing enough verticaly.

With no CF, you don't need Busquets/Alonso/Xavi all further back. Fabregas has been bad too.

Either remove Fabregas for Llorente, or one of the deep midfielders for Pedro. Gives Spain more in a vertical sense if the runners are in the box as opposed to too many sitting behind.

Arbeloa's been pretty bad.

Busquets/Xavi/Iniesta have been the best so far for Spain.

Impressed with Cassano today.

Renn

kryogen wrote: »

Italy playing well today doesnt really matter, same as the Dutch being so wasteful yesterday doesnt mean they wont turn it on when they meet Germany

But Italy had a solid qualifying campaign. And conceded two goals. And have changed the way they've played under Prandelli. They're so much stronger than people think.

electrobanana

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

dang, guess its the stream (totally legal site of course...) sound cut out around the 40th minute mark. Need it back for the Irish game whatever happens.

If you can't get the sound back on the Ireland game is on 2fm if that helps.

briany

I've been puzzled about the confidence over Ireland's chances v. Italy since the beginning but I figured that since many were saying it, they must have been seeing something I wasn't in the team but on the back of that first half performance my skepticism feels justified.

Points of either of those teams would be, realistically speaking, more than Ireland could truly expect but we live in hope....

Not long to go now.

RoryMac

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Can anyone watching ITVs coverage confirm if their volume is working atm?

I think it's just Craig Burley's drone sounds like a vuvuzela

Frisbee

What GK said pretty much.

Lack of a striker isn't an issue. Lack of a direct threat is. All the movement is lateral. Cesc, Iniesta and Silva are playing far too flat.

Whipping off one of Cesc/Silva for Torres/Pedro/Navas will cause the Italians a lot more problems than they current front three are. Navas or Pedro in particular will provide them with exactly what they are lacking atm.

kryogen

Renn wrote: »

But Italy had a solid qualifying campaign. And conceded two goals. And have changed the way they've played under Prandelli. They're so much stronger than people think.

Who does not think the Italians are and pretty much always have been a strong outfit?

Irelands record against Italy is pretty good recently, maybe thats why people are more optimistic about getting a result from them if needed, but Im sure nobody thinks Italy are a weak team.

Spain are playing into their hands somewhat also I should point out

Bounty Hunter

electrobanana wrote: »

If you can't get the sound back on the Ireland game is on 2fm if that helps.

Got it back working but its now Americans talking garbage instead of English lads talking garbage.... I miss Bill and the boys

edit: Sound is back for the English lads. yay I guess

keith16

Manolo!

noodler

I defo think the Italian performance so far will give certain people food for thought.

Kylo Ren

noodler wrote: »

I defo think the Italian performance so far will give certain people food for thought.

People who were saying "Ah jaysus the Italians are sh1t, we'll definitely beat them" were talking out of their arses after not watching them play for ages.

IamtheWalrus

As an Ireland fanatic, who should I be cheering for in this game?

yomtea98

So close

yomtea98

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

As an Ireland fanatic, who should I be cheering for in this game?

A draw

Mars Bar

Iniesta is deadly

Nuri Sahin

Oh dear Balotelli.

MagicMarker

Balotelli wtf?