European Under 21 Championship 2013

Headshot

Look at that faking injury again

****ing pathetic

LuckyLloyd

Headshot wrote: »

Robbery by Italy. They were outclassed the whole game.

Nah, they played a tactically astute game. Lots of hard work and perseverance. Deserve the win. Classic Italian football.

Amirani

Looks like that's it.

inforfun

****ing cheaters.

Headshot

Man iv so much hatred for this Italian team right now, faking injuries, blocking free kicks playing negative

I ****ing hope the Spanish destroy them

Rekop dog

Forza Azzurrini!!!

Andersonisgod

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Andersonisgod

Interesting decision by Spain, Morata gets the nod over Rodrigo.

Turtwig

Love the Italian anthem.

Gotta never let this go either. Love the way Spanish players out of respect for their Catalan and Basque counterparts don't sing the lyrics of the Anthem. To maintain unity. :pac:

(One of Dunphy's finest moments.:D)

Andersonisgod

Goal! 1-0 Spain! Fantastic work from Morata down the left, finds Thiago who knocks it into the net via header. Scoring in the final, no less than Thiago's performances throughout deserve.

Gbear

Cracking start to the game. Both serious quality (although in different ways).
1-1.

Turtwig

Excellent stuff Italy.:)
Lovely finish for both goals.

GTR63

G'man Immobile if they can get in at that back 4 there is change.

Andersonisgod

Great platform Thiago finding space I behind the Italian midfield and picking out Morata.

Turtwig

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Great platform Thiago finding space I behind the Italian midfield and picking out Morata.

He really should have finished that. Fair play to the keeper all the same.

Knex*

Had forgotten about this until I saw it pop up on the forum page. Missed both goals

Seems a good game however.

Gbear

Excellent ball by borini there. Great play to take it over the defender. Shot was poor though.

GTR63

Everything by Florenzi but the finish.

Rekop dog

Cracking game so far.

Turtwig

Tello's contribution so far has been slipping and a silly booking.
Italy playing on Spain's high line and doing it quite well.

GTR63

A total gift that good pass by Koke but static defending.

Andersonisgod

Goal! Goal! Goal! Spain 2-1. Koke with the sublime pass, Thiago the control, composure and finish. Thiago's second goal, the La Masia product stepping up in the final.

Turtwig

Unlucky for the keeper. Hit his leg but just at the unfortunate angles.
Great game so far. Spain's pressuring when not on the ball is really impressive.
They are leaving they're back line though really exposed. Can't really fault the centre backs too much. It's the way their team is playing that is putting so much pressure on them. So far it seems to be paying off but it's really risk stuff.

Gbear

Insigne looks like he's trying to do a bit too much at times.

Gbear

That's a perfectly good tackle. Bad call from the ref.

Knex*

Won the ball in my eyes. Big call that is going to end this as a contest.

Well taken all the same.

GTR63

More poor defending by Italy there Donati with a needless flick after a risky tackle.

Andersonisgod

Tello wins the penalty with his incredible pace, Thiago completes his hat trick. Spanish dominance of football, fuelled by Barcelona, marches on.

Gbear

It was a risky tackle but he got it perfect. The ball was out of Tello's control by the time he followed through. That's not a foul.

Stevecw

Game over, can't see a way back from 3-1 for Italy.

Spain keep on producing

Rekop dog

Imagine Thiago has stolen the golden boot off Isco with this performance.

Andersonisgod

A stunning half of football from Thiago, arguably the finest product to come off the La Masia factory line since Messi, he's been unplayable. Finding space behind Italy's midfield, picking up the ball off the back four, he's been Spain's controlling force in this game and, IMO, the best player at the tournament.

Smithwicks Man

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Tello wins the penalty with his incredible pace, Thiago completes his hat trick. Spanish dominance of football, fuelled by Barcelona, marches on.

He caught him and made a great tackle. Absolutely terrible decision by the referee and it has ruined an excellent game. There was no way in hell that was a penalty, regardless of the contact after he won the ball. It's not a non-contact sport for f*** sake. Disgraceful.

Smithwicks Man

Andersonisgod wrote: »

A stunning half of football from Thiago, arguably the finest product to come off the La Masia factory line since Messi, he's been unplayable. Finding space behind Italy's midfield, picking up the ball off the back four, he's been Spain's controlling force in this game and, IMO, the best player at the tournament.

Will agree there. Is it true his release clause is €18 million ?

Jax Teller

Just found out Rodrigo & Thiago are cousins . Talented family .

Francie Barrett

Funny to think that Spanish football was in decline a few weeks ago. They were certainly able to develop a batch of youngsters in those intervening weeks to give them a fighting chance today

Andersonisgod

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Will agree there. Is it true his release clause is €18 million ?

It is now. He had a clause in his contract that if he played a certain percentage of games for Barcelona last season his buyout would have been 60 million I think but Barcelona, not so cleverly, didn't reach that target and now he can leave for 18 million. I think I can safely say everyone with a fondness for Barcelina hopes that he won't go.

Turtwig

Don't know what people are on about here.
Tello flicked the ball back to turn and was then caught by the Italian (who completely missed the ball) with a rush of blood.
Definite penalty. Silly one to give away.

Turtwig

Jax Teller wrote: »

Just found out Rodrigo & Thiago are cousins . Talented family .

Thiago also has a brother who plays from Brazil and Barca. Rafina, I think.

Smithwicks Man

Jernal wrote: »

Don't know what people are on about here.
Tello flicked the ball back to turn and was then caught by the Italian (who completely missed the ball) with a rush of blood.
Definite penalty. Silly one to give away.

:eek:

Look at the replay? He clearly won the ball?

Smithwicks Man

Andersonisgod wrote: »

It is now. He had a clause in his contract that if he played a certain percentage of games for Barcelona last season his buyout would have been 60 million I think but Barcelona, not so cleverly, didn't reach that target and now he can leave for 18 million. I think I can safely say everyone with a fondness for Barcelina hopes that he won't go.

Some bargain. I wonder would he be keen to leave if a big club came knocking?

Turtwig

Andersonisgod wrote: »

It is now. He had a clause in his contract that if he played a certain percentage of games for Barcelona last season his buyout would have been 60 million I think but Barcelona, not so cleverly, didn't reach that target and now he can leave for 18 million. I think I can safely say everyone with a fondness for Barcelina hopes that he won't go.

Man City or PSG come calling. :pac:

Turtwig

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

:eek:

Look at the replay? He clearly won the ball?

Need to see it again but on first viewing of replay I thought it was a stonewall stupid penalty to give away by the defender.

Jax Teller

Jernal wrote: »

Thiago also has a brother who plays from Brazil and Barca. Rafina, I think.

Yeah I know that . His dad also won the the WC with brazil in 94 .

Andersonisgod

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Some bargain. I wonder would he be keen to leave if a big club came knocking?

Reports in Spanish paper "Sport" this morning say talks between him and Tito before the tournament didn't go as Thiago had hoped and his heart is set on leaving Barca to get regular first team football in an attempt to force his way into the World Cup squad. Again I really hope that isn't true.

Andersonisgod

Jernal wrote: »

Man City or PSG come calling. :pac:

I wouldn't mind if Chelsea came calling.

Turtwig

Hopefully third time lucky for Florinzi (sp?). That one was harder though.

Smithwicks Man

Jernal wrote: »

Need to see it again but on first viewing of replay I thought it was a stonewall stupid penalty to give away by the defender.

Look at it again. He won the ball clearly and his momentum took him through into Tello. It's a contact sport though, was never a penalty

Andersonisgod

Tello is just so quick. Hopefully he has a bigger role to play at Barcelona next season.

GTR63

More tired, lazy poor defending. You can see the back 4 play in Serie B when they struggle with the pace of the game at this level.