Remember Monaco's 3rd killer goal.
To me the irony is Italians complaining when their lions only managed to get 1 point out 6 against the Swedish and Portuguese dogs.
That is the reason they are going out and not because some viking spoke to some portugeezer.

Rucks wrote:

Second time we are sticking it to the Italians too. The Sweden v Denmark 2-2 was a beautiful game. Italian teams are our bitches. 🙂

That game was brilliant actually. One of the best euros match I have watched.

Anyone who watched the game also knows it wasn't rigged. Think I would have preferred had it been rigged though. 🙂

I don't think they entered the game with an agreement to play a 2-2 match, but they definitely ended up playing the result. The 2-2 goal was obviously Denmark letting us have an equalizer because it eliminated the prospect of facing Italy later on in the tournament. I remember an interview with some Swedish player who said a couple of the Danes were yelling at them towards the end: "C'mon then, attack for fucks sake! Attack!"

I've got no problem with it though. Italy only had themselves to blame for putting in such a weak-ass performance throughout the group stage (And I say that as someone who would have rather seen them advance to the quarter than Sweden).

Italy looked terrific against England. Maybe it was because "the lion" sturaro was out of the team having got himself sent off in the previous match.

Klaus wrote:

I don't think they entered the game with an agreement to play a 2-2 match, but they definitely ended up playing the result. The 2-2 goal was obviously Denmark letting us have an equalizer because it eliminated the prospect of facing Italy later on in the tournament. I remember an interview with some Swedish player who said a couple of the Danes were yelling at them towards the end: "C'mon then, attack for fucks sake! Attack!"

I've got no problem with it though. Italy only had themselves to blame for putting in such a weak-ass performance throughout the group stage (And I say that as someone who would have rather seen them advance to the quarter than Sweden).

I think it's a mental thing. Teams who goes into a 2nd leg looking for a draw often find themselves unable to attack if they go behind because they are not conditioned to. Similarly, if both teams can go through with a draw, more often than not they will, especially a dull goaless one. We have seen it on so many occasions but yet it's not rigged.

I think the 2-2 is a special scenario because it's against a close rival. And in that season Sweden and Denmark is in fact better than Italy. Trap was too defensive in his setup and both Sweden and Denmark plays much more attractive football. In particular Sweden should have at least made the Semis, they had a good team and Ibra was on fire.

Portugal thrashing Germany atm. Leading 4-0 with 40 minutes left.

How's Carvalho doing? People online* saying that he's been great

*reddit

He looks like a man among boys. Both in terms of his physical stature and with his authority on the pitch. Very, very impressive.

Carvalho and Bernado Silva are the two outstanding midfielders of this tournament.

Can't for the life of me understand how Sweden beat Denmark 4-1. They absolutely battered us for about 70 minutes of that game. 🙂

Oh, and Höjberg, the Danish midfielder playing for Bayern, is very, very impressive.

Sweden v Portugal in the final again. This time we should see a real match rather than the time wasting one.

Hojberg is certain very good. He didn't look out of place at the Eittihad last season.

Rucks wrote:

Can't for the life of me understand how Sweden beat Denmark 4-1. They absolutely battered us for about 70 minutes of that game. 🙂

Oh, and Höjberg, the Danish midfielder playing for Bayern, is very, very impressive.

Congrats 🙂 

We were the technically superior side but lost the game when you got ahead 2-0 and by generally making some stupid mistakes. You were cynical and effective.

Højbjerg is a great talent but he was misused in this tournament as a number 10. He's similar to Kroos in many ways, fantastic passer of the ball and can score goals but he needs to play deeper. 

mentalvortex wrote:

Carvalho and Bernado Silva are the two outstanding midfielders of this tournament.

[font=Source Sans Pro]That's exactly right. Was there wondering how can be such a big difference between the two and the others. I mean, Kimmich and the rest of them? Either they just didn't give a fuck or just can't play fucking football, 20 year old boy can't make a simple pass. The biggest disappointment of the tournament are England and Germany. Should be best, down there with the worst. [/font]

Don't like this business of having players over 21 play in and under 21 tournament

Isn't the rule something like that you are ok to play in the tournament if you were 21 or younger at the start of the qualifiers? It sort of makes sense that the players who took its nation to the tournament can actually play in the tournament.

Segway wrote:

He looks like a man among boys. Both in terms of his physical stature and with his authority on the pitch. Very, very impressive.

He's looked superb so far, totally schooled Can and the German midfield.  His positioning is superb as is his passing.  His passing really impresses me, calm under pressure and plays through the lines for fun.  Some of his passing reminds me of Busquets.  None of our midfielders play passes like that from deep.

The only problem is he isn't the most mobile and nimble, his positioning makes up for it.  tbh I'd much rather take a risk on him than sign a more safe option than Schneiderlin.  Carvalho could turn into an absolute monster of a player.  Apart from his mobility I'd say almost the exact profile of what we need there.