England v Italy 11 PM. (Mod warning linked in OP)

Cienciano

Liam O wrote: »

Obviously we are out to see different things.

Obviously you're a united fan. If rooney still played for everton would you be defending his display?
He's been shíte, I reckon rooney himself would even agree.

Al_Coholic

Sterling looks wrecked some poor decision making in the last 10 minutes

MadYaker

Pirlo to score hat trick in extra time.

shamrock55

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Rooney seems to have forgot how to play up front. He should be pulling on to the shoulder of Italys Cb so Barkley , Lallana & Sterling can play him in.

You have to first know something in order to forget it

bnt

You had one job ...

Gbear

glued wrote: »

For the amount of dead balls he takes Gerrard is fairly poor. 1/100 tends to be brilliant. The rest are sh1te. Rooney, Sterling, Wilshire and Johnson all sloppy

His indirect delivery is excellent and has been tonight.

Direct free kicks have pretty low conversion rates unless you're Juninho P.

jprboy

5 minutes ???

3-2 to England !!

Guy:Incognito

The Italians love a good offside dont they.

kryogen

bad2dabone wrote: »

Rooneys agent is a genius.

He really is you know, detestable character but very clever non the less

Boom__Boom

Muff Richardson wrote: »

"Lapses of concentration in this heat"....or you are just ****. Love listening to bbc when it's like this

Of course the conditions for the Italians are entirely different

LightningBlue

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Yep, a well ground out win from Italy. England will rue missed chances.

He's taking the ball on and looking to create something.

efb

Italy just a class above.

gandalf

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Stuff like that takes the shine off Sterling's good performance imo.

TBH the kid must be knackered. I've been very impressed with him tonight he's been excellent for England. On the other hand Rooney bar the one cross has been a passenger.

kryogen

Sterling unable to cross a ball with any danger

Pirlo still gliding around the pitch

GoldFour4

Oh Pirlo

Guy:Incognito

Jesus Wilshere, stop trying to run through 6 players.

efb

Wilshere as impressive as Gerrard and Rooney... (Not blinkered)

MadYaker

Ooooohh! What a pass from Pirlo though

Headshot

How does Pirlo do it?

He will go down as one of the best CM to play the game

Mars Bar

His name is wilshere george, not wiltshere.

DildoFaggins

Why is Wilshere in the squad?

Kirby

efb wrote: »

Italy just a class above.

I disagree. England have been the better team. One cross separates the teams. That's it.

LuckyLloyd

Looks like Hodgson got his first 11 team selection spot on. Subs have disimproved their setup.

glued

Sterling has been spent the last half an hour. He's been poor the second half. Rooney has offered nothing either. Wilshere has been terrible as usual

Corholio

Unbelievably intelligent ball from Pirlo there.

gandalf

efb wrote: »

Wilshere as impressive as Gerrard and Rooney... (Not blinkered)

He needs Ozil to make him look good

Guy:Incognito

Boom__Boom wrote: »

Of course the conditions for the Italians are entirely different

They do tend to get slightly hotter summers in fairness.

Lenin Skynard

Haha, Italians get a free kick near the English box and they'll probably pass it back to their own corner flag and dance around it.

Liam O

Cienciano wrote: »

Obviously you're a united fan. If rooney still played for everton would you be defending his display?
He's been shíte, I reckon rooney himself would even agree.

Rooney is the most high profile player so is going to get more criticism. I like Danny Welbeck a whole lot more and have no problem saying Rooney was miles better than him.

kryogen

citytillidie wrote: »

Rooney missed the best chance

He also laid on the goal putting the ball on a plate

Seriously, if anyone thinks Rooney has been Englands worst or most ineffective player out there they need their head examined

Then again, lots of people do get blinded, he was being lambasted for not tracking back on the left for the goal when he was actually playing on the right so....

bad2dabone

I wish pirlo was my dad

Edit, we're nearly the same age

Corholio

Kirby wrote: »

I disagree. England have been the better team. One cross separates the teams. That's it.

Soo Italy put in the better crosses then?

Phil Neville technical foul for a technical comentator

Kenjataimu

wow

Moneymaker

Think Italy have just about shaded it. Got more about them on the ball.

Not all is lost for England though, most of the young players did well. They have enough to beat Uruguay and Costa Rica.

Frankie Lee

What a free kick that was.

LuckyLloyd

lol Pirlo, you God

Nuri Sahin

What an attempt.

Witcher

Jesus Pirlo haha

SlickRic

all the England attackers want to be number 10s.

Hodgson not chucking Lambert on is utterly comical.

kryogen

Some swerve on that!

LightningBlue

Woof... Great effort by Pirlo.

Hart nowhere near it.

whatawaster

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Looks like Hodgson got his first 11 team selection spot on. Subs have disimproved their setup.

He messed up the subs

Sterling was gone after 60 and Henderson would run for 180 minutes.

Washington Irving

What a hit from Pirlo! Hart was fcuked if that was a few inches lower.

KERSPLAT!

It's the beard.

Mars Bar

That's an unbelievable free kick

Will I Amnt

What a hit, so casual.

LuckyGent88

Pirlo is awesome

Crimsonforce

DildoFaggins wrote: »

Why is Wilshere in the squad?

Was thinking the same thing. He kind of waltzes around the pitch doing nothing..

CurryFlavoured

Holy ****! Pirlo is magic. The curve on that.