Euro 2016 - Group E - Italy vs Sweden, 2pm, RTE & ITV

sReq | uTeK

Difference between Italy and Sweden is that Italy would have brought him down outside the box

Bateman

bingo

LuckyGent88

Lovely stuff

DarraghF197

seamus wrote: »

Italy, realstically.

If Sweden draw here, it means that everyone is chasing a win in the last match to scrap it out for the top 2 spots. In other words, Italy will hit us hard.

If Sweden lose, it means Italy have qualified and may go easier on us next Wednesday.

In real terms though, in order to be sure of getting through we basically have to beat Belgium and draw with Italy.

4 points would surely be enough to get to the next round? Probably even 3 would do, but we'd be playing either Spain or France most likely then.

HalloweenJack

That's a really nice goal! Great control, great run and a smashing finish.

Duff

Lavely finish!

Rayne Wooney

Italy have been incredibly cynical so far in this tournament, they are just a Jose Mourinho away from global outcry

BoJack Horseman

Exceptional knock-on header to allow the Italian to finish the chance.

sReq | uTeK

A Lot of late goals in this tournament

LuckyGent88

sReq | uTeK wrote: »

A Lot of late goals in this tournament

10th after 87 minutes now.

Italian defenders are masters at their craft.

DarraghF197

Chiellini desperate to get a yellow card :pac:

cson

Sweden have still only got two efforts on target all tournament. Both from Ciaran Clark, whose absence has been sorely felt today.
— Jonathan Wilson (@jonawils) June 17, 2016

:pac:

rob316

Sweden are awful, not a single shot on target in 2 games, surely that is some sort of record.

ERG89

DDT to Eder there.....

AdolfEngland

Jake the Snake!

5star02707

thought i was watching wrestling there for a minute haha

ricero

Hope conte rests them on wednesday

Skylinehead

Conte got lucky there. If you're chasing a win, you bring on Insigne or El Sharawaay. Really poor subs, although Zaza held it up well after the goal.

super_furry

Anyone still keen to give Ibrahimovic £250,000 a week I wonder.

FatherTed

Goal game from a foul throw-in by Chiellini but these are never called.

castletownman

Got to love the Italians. Beautiful, cynical bastards.

That_Guy

I wouldn't be overly worried about Italy on Wednesday tbh. A lapse in concentration killed Sweden.

BoJack Horseman

We are 2nd in the table.... which just looks great

enda1

That_Guy wrote: »

I wouldn't be overly worried about Italy on Wednesday tbh. A lapse in concentration killed Sweden.

Ireland's lapses in concentration usually last 90 minutes though!

KungPao

What was that Cornetto joke that Eamo made with Liam?

quarryman

So if someone could go ahead and describe the permutations for us to get through, that'd be great.

bmcc10

quarryman wrote: »

So if someone could go ahead and describe the permutations for us to get through, that'd be great.

Beat Belgium

5star02707

draw will still make us 2nd but not guaranteed for next round, a win tomorrow + draw on the final game will surely get us through.

DJIMI TRARORE

That Italian goal got my 2nd loudest roar of the week

AdolfEngland

5star02707 wrote: »

draw will still make us 2nd but not guaranteed for next round, a win tomorrow + draw on the final game will surely get us through.

Would 4 points not almost guarantee we get through?

DarraghF197

bmcc10 wrote: »

Beat Belgium

Or draw against both Italy and Belgium would give us a good chance.

Or beat Italy.

Or beat both of course! :pac:

An Ciarraioch

AdolfEngland wrote: »

Would 4 points not almost guarantee we get through?

Not only that, but given GD, we would be strong favourites for runners-up with a win tomorrow. That said, three draws could also do, depending on other groups.

5star02707

AdolfEngland wrote: »

Would 4 points not almost guarantee we get through?

it could be as well but only 4 out of the 6 3rd place team in the group could go through, rather be on that 2nd place than 3rd just to be sure

briany

My RTE player is going wonky. It keeps switching to some cartoon.

Wag: "Dunphy is a fooking cartoon."

Bateman

Wonder will we really go for it tomorrow now that qualification is fairly tantalisingly close…

Shaque attack

There are so many permutations now it's great fun to think about.

We could conceivably get second place on two points! That would be some craic.

Bobby Baccala

briany wrote: »

My RTE player is going wonky. It keeps switching to some cartoon.

Wag: "Dunphy is a fooking cartoon."

Thought I was on my own there haha been happening to me all day.

briany

Shaque attack wrote: »

There are so many permutations now it's great fun to think about.

We could conceivably get second place on two points! That would be some craic.

Not really because vs the other 3rd........Oh, wait.....we'd be second! Yeah, sign me up for that, then. Sorry, was just so hung up on the 3rd place permutations for a minute there.

Blatter

#Conte: "We have to stay calm and recover from the game. Other players will have earned a start against #Ireland."

ShooterSF

A win or a draw tomorrow guarantees 3rd place but 2 points probably wouldn't see us through. 2 draws would probably be enough though and with Italy guaranteed top if we don't win tomorrow it could be a nice stalemate game to finish the group. And if all the remaining games draw we go through in second on 3 points.

scriba

briany wrote: »

My RTE player is going wonky. It keeps switching to some cartoon.

Wag: "Dunphy is a fooking cartoon."

Mine too. Gone bananas.

endabob1

ShooterSF wrote: »

A win or a draw tomorrow guarantees 3rd place but 2 points probably wouldn't see us through. 2 draws would probably be enough though and with Italy guaranteed top if we don't win tomorrow it could be a nice stalemate game to finish the group. And if all the remaining games draw we go through in second on 3 points.

How does a draw tomorrow guarantee 3rd place?

That said, I'd probably take a draw tomorrow and give us a fighting chance in the last game against and already qualified italian side

ShooterSF

endabob1 wrote: »

How does a draw tomorrow guarantee 3rd place?

That said, I'd probably take a draw tomorrow and give us a fighting chance in the last game against and already qualified italian side

My bad it doesn't.

BeepBeep67

quarryman wrote: »

So if someone could go ahead and describe the permutations for us to get through, that'd be great.

Nalz

BeepBeep67 wrote: »

Mr.Nice Guy

I saw Italians on Twitter reminding the Swedes of the time in Euro 2004 when Sweden and Denmark played out a 2-2 draw that saw Italy knocked out.




Might be worth reminding the Italians of this before we play them.

seamus

DarraghF197 wrote: »

4 points would surely be enough to get to the next round? Probably even 3 would do, but we'd be playing either Spain or France most likely then.

AdolfEngland wrote: »

Would 4 points not almost guarantee we get through?

It gives us a good chance, but if both we and Sweden beat Belguim and we lose to Italy, there's a chance that we can lose out.