UEFA Nations League

Mr.Nice Guy

Biraghi looks to have won it at the death. Big goal for Mancini.

Full-Time: Italy win it 1-0. Feel sorry for Szczesny but think it was deserved.

Collie D

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Biraghi looks to have won it at the death. Big goal for Mancini.

Full-Time: Italy win it 1-0. Feel sorry for Szczesny but think it was deserved.

And assisted by Lasagna. Who I thought would be a starter

Sorry

Poland the first team relegated. Italy need to beat Portugal at home and hope Portugal get no more than a draw in the final game against Poland to progress.

irishguitarlad

England supporters up to their old tricks again in Seville.

Mr.Nice Guy

Teams are in for Spain vs England:

Spain XI: De Gea; Jonny, Nacho, Ramos, Alonso; Thiago, Busquets, Saul; Aspas, Rodrigo, Asensio.

England XI: Pickford; Trippier, Gomez, Maguire, Chilwell; Winks, Dier, Barkley; Rashford, Kane, Sterling.

Wolves defender Jonny making his first start for Spain.

Agent Coulson

You’d have to feel sorry for Alex Scott being stuck between the Jamie’s.

Mr.Nice Guy

That Pickford save was weird. He dives when the ball is going well away from goal and then it gets played against him while he's on the ground.

https://twitter.com/AztecGodStreams/status/1051909559474741251

The Talking Bread

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Mr.Nice Guy

STERLIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Sign him up, Madrid.

johnnyryan89

Lovely pass from Rashford to Sterling

Utopia Parkway

An unusually great emphatic finish from Sterling.

Johner

Classy goal all round there.

Mr.Nice Guy

Somewhat similar to Owen's finish vs Argentina.

blueser

Storming finish by Raheem. Get that contract signed, fella!

TheRiverman

Brilliant goal by Sterling.

ERG89

Spain look much the same as they did at the world cup here. Bit like Italy last night play pleasant stuff but very little cutting edge.
I have to ask but is Diego Costa out of favour like Koke is??

blueser

Agent Coulson wrote: »

You’d have to feel sorry for Alex Scott being stuck between the Jamie’s.

If she needs a shoulder to cry on, I'm willing to put myself forward. It's the least I can do!

Mr.Nice Guy

RASHFOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDD

Increible!

~Rebel~

Great goal, brilliant quick spot by Pickford, great holdup by Kane, great ball through, and great finish from Rashford.

Lovely football.

Beasty

Brings back memories - "you'll never win anything with the kids". Got to say Southgate has given this England team some self-belief. In the past England players would freeze under the weight of expectation

ERG89

Very much the same Spain that haven't made the quarter final of a major tournament since 2014 here.

OldMrBrennan83

Having to witness this is why Fair City should be on on Mondays too.

Agent Coulson

England looking good for the 2 - 0 lead.



Also you can see why Rice might want to play under someone like Southgate who is ready to give youth a chance and try to play progressive football.

Eircom_Sucks

Stung €40 on england to win 5/1 at 4pm

Looking good at min

Mr.Nice Guy

STERLING AGAIN!

England running riot!

Utopia Parkway

Spain having a bit of a shocker here.

blueser

Raheem on a hat trick here!

jon1981

It's a goal rout!

Drumpot

God this reminds me of England 5-1 away to Germany!

ERG89

Spain look an absolute f**king shambles here anytime they defend it's like watching Scotland. Deserved 3 nil lead. With Rodrigo & Aspas up top I can't see much of a return up top either.

~Rebel~

Great play.

But christ Spain look woeful!

eagle eye

In bigger news Luxembourg are 1-0 up on San Marino.
David Turpel with the goal.

Mr.Nice Guy

Enrique needs Paco Alcacer to do another super sub job. Suso and Koke would be of use as well. Has to freshen it up for the second half.

irishguitarlad

This was coming, Ramos can't defend.

cj maxx

Great finish from Rashford.
It was easy to sky that in the heat of the moment

Mr.Nice Guy

Great performance from England. Sterling looks a danger every time he gets on the ball.

Elsewhere, Northern Ireland losing to Bosnia 1-0 thanks to a Dzeko goal.

ERG89

Mr.Nice Guy wrote:

Enrique needs Paco Alcacer to do another super sub job. Suso and Koke would be of use as well. Has to freshen it up for the second half.

As someone who watches Milan every week if he's relying on Suso to deliver he may be in for a shock.
The likes of Aspas, Rodrigo & Jonny ain't going to get you far when a big tournament rolls around. Thought given their experience Ramos & Busquets were atrocious first half too.

Mr.Nice Guy

ERG89 wrote: »

As someone who watches Milan every week if he's relying on Suso to deliver he may be in for a shock.
The likes of Aspas, Rodrigo & Jonny ain't going to get you far when a big tournament rolls around. Thought given their experience Ramos & Busquets were atrocious first half too.

Thought Suso was great against Chievo before the break. Can't be much worse than what was dished up in that first half.

blueser

That was a foul on Sterling. Had his foot trodden (is that a word?) on.

Mr.Nice Guy

Great header from Alcacer.

Super sub does it again.

3-1.

Beasty

Certainly makes it interesting but a 2 goal lead 15 mins into the 2nd half is still a lot more than England could have realistically hoped for

Agent Coulson

Cracking header.

That wasn't clever by Ramos. Stop the match for minutes and give England a chance to regroup and calm things down.

Mr.Nice Guy

Pickford! What are you doing?

Blessed to get away with that.

Should have been a pen.

Agent Coulson

How was that not a pen and a sending off.

irishguitarlad

That's a disgrace

statesaver

Terrible decision

Beasty

Agent Coulson wrote: »

How was that not a pen and a sending off.

Thought they had changed the rule last season - if it's a penalty no need to send off. Having said that he was very lucky either way

blueser

Agent Coulson wrote: »

How was that not a pen and a sending off.

No idea. It seems that poor reffing isn't confined to the Premier League.

martingriff

blueser wrote: »

No idea. It seems that poor reffing isn't confined to the Premier League.

Whatever about the ref the assistant behind the goal was guttless

Mushy

Beasty wrote: »

Thought they had changed the rule last season - if it's a penalty no need to send off. Having said that he was very lucky either way

Only not a sending off if a genuine attempt to play the ball