Euro 2016 - Italy V Belgium 8PM RTE2 / BBC

Soups123

Hopefully the beat Sweden and show up half arsed for our game now

Plenty of yellows too. A few more in the next game would be nice

enzo roco

tigger123 wrote: »

Wouldn't say they're too stressed either though. Old pros they are.

Plus Belgium are toothless in the final third.

Old pros at cheating.
They may win this match, but the last 15 mins, they havent been too solid.

How did belgium not score there???
But some will say excellent defending all game, and leave out the cheating, and the odd bit of luck.

And when Ireland play the italians next week. Everyone will lose their shhit at what they are doing.

~Rebel~

What happens if teams are on equal points in the group? Goal difference or head to head record?

GreNoLi

PELLLEEE!!!

JustTheOne

I love Italy.

Mars Bar

Handiest volley Pelle will ever get

sligeach

Well that's that!

batistuta9

Great goal that, well worked.

Harry Palmr

Deserved - worst Italian squad ever beats best Belgian squad ever.

tigger123

What a goal!

Pudsy33

Belgium are really poor

LuckyGent88

Italy going mad in celebration. Huge team effort to get this win.

enzo roco

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Belgium were never getting back into this - Italy masters of tight international tournament football.

Does no one remember world cup 2010, and world cup 2014????

Mr.Nice Guy

Italy have been much better than I expected.

Johner

Amazing performance from Italy.

GreNoLi

Delighted for Belgium as well as Italy.

mansize

Italy are old masters, Belgium young pretenders that got found out

PeterTheEighth

Italy are just so good on the attack. They have the confidence to think about how to get the ball in the net, and find the player in the best position.... like a basketball team. Belgium have better quality players, but never seemed to have any structure to their attack.

Clear Hearts

Candreva really is a world class talent, and RTE talking about him like hes new on the block

Paully D

That 2nd could be big if it comes to goal difference.

~Rebel~

Unreal, delighted for them. The ultimate pragmatists, always - they just get **** done.

tigger123

Belgian defence was very naive.

PeterTheEighth

Hang on a minute, wasnt the narrative that Belgium had a great team and the Italians werent up to much?

mansize

The Red Devils were pacified by the classic Italians

citytillidie

~Rebel~ wrote: »

What happens if teams are on equal points in the group? Goal difference or head to head record?

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria will be applied:[44]

Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;

Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;

Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;

If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking (e.g. if criteria 1 to 3 are applied to three teams that were level on points initially and these criteria separate one team from the other two who still have an equal ranking), criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who are still level to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;

Superior goal difference in all group matches;

Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;

If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according
to criteria 1–6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out. (This criterion is not used if more than two teams have the same number of points.)
Fair play conduct (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);

Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system.

asteroids over berlin

Fantastic result for us. Italians will sink Sweden, rest a few players and not over commit in the last game against us. We can Beat Belgium and Italy

Dirty Dingus McGee

I always enjoy watching Italy in tournaments their hard nosed no nonsense approach has to be admired.

Korat

Fingers crossed Belgium play exactly the same way on Saturday. Ireland will murder them.

tigger123

enzo roco wrote: »

Old pros at cheating.
They may win this match, but the last 15 mins, they havent been too solid.

How did belgium not score there???
But some will say excellent defending all game, and leave out the cheating, and the odd bit of luck.

And when Ireland play the italians next week. Everyone will lose their shhit at what they are doing.

I wouldnt describe it as cheating tbh, it's a bit cynical, but McCarthy did the exact thing against Sweden earlier. And got booked for it. You take one for the team every now and again.

mansize

Big match now against Bel Saturday- another draw?

irishguitarlad

Clear Hearts wrote: »

Candreva really is a world class talent, and RTE talking about him like hes new on the block

Been around since before the world cup in brazil, was great against england in the groups.

Andre 3000

Fellaini is a waste of hair. One of the worst performances from a player in recent years.

Howjoe1

we have to hope italy beat sweden now

tigger123

Howjoe1 wrote: »

we have to hope italy beat sweden now

They should do it comfortably.

Cookie_Dough

Based on that performance. I think we could beat Belgium. They were brutal. No cohesion and toothless in attack. De Bruyne looked a completely different player for his national team. Everything about Belgium was off

sReq | uTeK

Andre 3000 wrote: »

Fellaini is a waste of hair. One of the worst performances from a player in recent years.

Did you watch the same game I did? He was the only player worth talking about on the Belgium team.

If he had one misplaced pass I didn't see it. He also got stuck in and broke plenty of play up.

Now contrast that with lukaku who couldn't hold a ball up and de Bruyne

mansize

Would 3 draws qualify us?

vidor

Clear Hearts wrote: »

Candreva really is a world class talent, and RTE talking about him like hes new on the block

Who on RTE is saying that?

Paully D

mansize wrote: »

Would 3 draws qualify us?

Almost certainly I'd imagine.

jacool

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

I always enjoy watching Italy in tournaments their hard nosed no nonsense approach has to be admired.

For no nonsense I would say naked cynicism.
Eder at least should have been sent off - no yellow for kicking the ball away?
De Rossi was in Clattenburg's ear all night, complaining because he was giving away frees for fouls.
Chiellini bundled over Fellaini in the area and no penalty? No just a chat about not doing that.

Two great counter attacking goals, but they will be doing this against Long and Walters and I'll be very very very very angry!

mansize

Henry talking a lot of sense here- I thought he was a bad pundit???

adox

Andre 3000 wrote: »

Fellaini is a waste of hair. One of the worst performances from a player in recent years.

Weird player to pick out when so many for Belgium were so inept.

tigger123

mansize wrote: »

Would 3 draws qualify us?

Could do as one of the better placed 3rd place teams.

GreNoLi

Seria A is dying lads.

Clear Hearts

Dunphy talks a serious amount of ****e

Johner

The whole Belgium team were poor Fellaini included. For people that think he played well what did he actually do? He wasn't the worst out there but he did not play well.

~Rebel~

citytillidie wrote: »

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria will be applied:[44]

Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;

Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;

Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;

If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking (e.g. if criteria 1 to 3 are applied to three teams that were level on points initially and these criteria separate one team from the other two who still have an equal ranking), criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who are still level to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;

Superior goal difference in all group matches;

Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;

If only two teams have the same number of points, and they are tied according
to criteria 1–6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out. (This criterion is not used if more than two teams have the same number of points.)
Fair play conduct (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);

Position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system.

Great, so if Italy beat the Swedes next, they're guaranteed top spot, so will likely rest their key players against us.

Francie Barrett

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Belgium were never getting back into this - Italy masters of tight international tournament football.

2 massive chances missed by Lukaku and Origi could have been very different

Andre 3000

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

Did you watch the same game I did? He was the only player worth talking about on the Belgium team.

You're having a bubble. Clumsy isn't the word, he offered nothing, nearly gave away a goal and got in the way off them actually making some chances. Taking Nainggolan off and keeping him off was a massive mistake. I'd be shocked if he starts the next day.

sReq | uTeK

jacool wrote: »

For no nonsense I would say naked cynicism.
Eder at least should have been sent off - no yellow for kicking the ball away?
De Rossi was in Clattenburg's ear all night, complaining because he was giving away frees for fouls.
Chiellini bundled over Fellaini in the area and no penalty? No just a chat about not doing that.

Two great counter attacking goals, but they will be doing this against Long and Walters and I'll be very very very very angry!

They know what they can get away with and they thread the line. They're a fantastic tournament team.