Euro 2016 - Round of 16 - Italy vs Spain, 5 pm, TV3, BBC

rodge68

Dirty...lucky to get away with that..Snake

Harry Palmr

It's sad day when Spain display greater low cunning than Italy!

irishguitarlad

I think this is the same ref that ****ed us over against belgium.

sligeach

Looked like a definite foul in real time. On further viewing I think it was the right decision.

JustTheOne

Green Fella wrote: »

This referee is an absolute disgrace, who is he? Where do they get these clowns for big matches

Same referee we had against Belgium.

Enough said.

Strumms

I can understand the sneaky stamp being missed to a point but the initial foul that wasn't.... Terrible.

Green Fella

Referee blows a foul if Italy win the ball from Spain. But nothing the other way round.Over fussy and spoiling the match, hes the worst Ive seen so far in this tournament. Every little decision is wrong Maybe he is unhappy with the Italians for helping knock Turkey out! Either way hes atrocious

Lol no yellow

Silva with a high foot

Ref having a mare

Scorpion Sting

Mistake from De Gea, nearly cost them that time.

ERG89

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

De Gea is keeping Spain in this.

If Italy had a Delvecchio never mind an Inzaghi they'd be dead & buried.
Eder & Pelle look better than they are here.

Green Fella

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

I imagine the amount of diving out of the Spanish is just getting to him because it's driving me mental too

They really are horrible cheats

klose

dirkmeister wrote: »

Danny Murphy being incredibly harsh there.

"Oh get up"....that was some hop he took!!

I changed over to tv3 after that

Johner

Pelle's hold up play and lay off's have been outstanding.

Turtyturd

Keeper got away with it there.

Great tackle lol

Ref ffs

awec

That was a perfectly good tackle.

Mec27

Nearly another howler from potentially the GOAT

Anyone

I'm guessing a lot of Irish fans thought we would top our group given the large number of Irish flags on display.

Green Fella

irishguitarlad wrote: »

I think this is the same ref that ****ed us over against belgium.

Hes getting his revenge for Italy helping knock Turkey out lol

Vincent Vega

If spain get back into this, I'll be pretty surprised if the ref doesn't play a hand in it. :rolleyes:

~Rebel~

I was expecting this to be another case of the usual pragmatic Italy, frustrating Spain and being sneaky on the break (an approach I love incidentally), but this is simply a case of Italy being much the better, more threatening team.

Bobby Baccala

Ref is out of his depth in this tournament.

Rayne Wooney

At one time this Spain team could manage itself but that time has long gone, they need an innovative manager in the absence of 4 or 5 world class players in their peak that they had 5 years ago

awec

Going down screaming before immediately getting up to moan at the ref should be a bookable offence.

~Rebel~

Bloody great defending!

Green Fella

Say what you want about the English refs but they are another level to some of the others. You need to be lenient in a game like this or the cheating feigning injury and diving gets out of control. Should be cards for diving being handed out here, look at that Spanish dive in the box just there and Fabregas earlier, disgraceful.

How can you win the ball if everything is a foul, it spoils the rythem of the match

awec

awec wrote: »

Going down screaming before immediately getting up to moan at the ref should be a bookable offence.

I blame the refs shocking officiating for allowing that type of sneaky ****e to leak into the game

Mec27

El final de una era. If WC 2014 was a blip, this is an implosion. The underachievers are back!

Harry Palmr

Italy need to add some zip, only 20 mins left.

ERG89

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Italy need to add some zip, only 20 mins left.

Insigne would be a good move on the counter. Conte doesn't rate him tho. Much better than Zaza

Agent Coulson

Best save ever from the greatest ever

Johner

Conte.

AllGunsBlazing

That was just brilliant.

the groutch

Buffon: "You shall not pass"

derm0j073

It's getting really sloppy now, Italy miss De Rossi in the centre.

Lackey

Great save Italy need to be careful... Maybe sub on the manager

Turtyturd

Buffon only making 'comfortable' saves because he doesn't play in the PL.

Mec27

Spain have more possession in last 15 than france had against us in their dominant period, why does it not feel like that

Ishmael

Buffon earning his dinner in the last 10 mins

Paully D

It's a real shame that things haven't worked out for Giaccherini at Sunderland. He has looked superb in this tournament and IMO has looked good in flashes when he's had opportunities in Sunderland too. I personally feel he has been mis-managed.

He'll be off to Italy, but I'd love to see Allardyce keep him on. A lot of his critics say he's too small and lightweight for the Premier League, but it's not something I buy to be honest. A good manager will find a way to utilise a player like that.

The_Kew_Tour

Paully D wrote: »

A lot of his critics say he's too small and lightweight for the Premier League,.

That's the problem with British and Irish football at times

Ol' Donie

I want to play for Antonio Conte.

Kristopherus

Have to say Spain have been very unimpressive. Italy very comfortable so far.

snowblind

Insigne is a live wire

Mr.Crinklewood

Poor again from De Gea, he should have volleyed that beyond Buffon.

snowblind

You know you're watching Italy when both commentators note that a clearance was 'brilliant'

And it was

The_Kew_Tour

If a Asteriod is ever going to come for earth just put the Italian defence in front of it

Mec27

We were the only team to score against them at USA 94 and we may be the only team to score against them 22 years later.

Mars Bar

Buffon

snowblind

Let's talk about Buffon