Soft penalty but brain dead defending. Never gona be overturned with VAR.
Day 18: Switzerland vs Spain | Belgium vs Italy (QF 1&2)
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Surely by the time Donnarumma retires he'll have been involved in so many more matches than anyone else in the history of football, atleast at elite level? Crazy he's only 22.
Dumb dumb dumb FECKING IDIOT
Of course there is an arm contact, but not a push or similar things.
Yeah no.How do these Italians do not get a yellow for complaining? Push is clear as day
That was a pen for me. Quick lad gets round the defender, defender shoved him in the back - travelling at that speed it was easily enough for him to go down.
Don’t often see those sort of foul given, and often they are dives, but that one for me is a pen
Don’t often see those sort of foul given, and often they are dives, but that one for me is a pen
Lineker and co laughing and joking how the pen was soft but least it’s made a game of it. Let’s see if you say the same thing if such a decision goes against England, tossers.
Indeed, that sort of thing happens all the time in that area of the pitch and nothing happens. It's a soft one.
Those 45 minutes flew by. Especially in comparison to the first 45 in the first game.
Excellent football on display.
Excellent football on display.
Courtois thought that first one was going wide?
For the pen, defenders often get away with these so I feel like it was deserved
It's a penalty, but literally happens to Dan James 10 times a season and is not given.
That was a f’ing cracking first half of football!!!
Courtois is absolute shite, I'm not saying he should save either but he should do better. Doesn't even extend his arm for the first even though he's in position.
It's a foul for me because he goes for the push instead of running for the ball. Doku's done him like a kipper.
Eh? They were just jostling. The attacker also tried to push him away.
Soft penalty. Doku seems to jam his toe into the ground which makes him go down easier.
The way Tielemans gets beat by Insigne before Italy's second...
...if that was Pogba people would be talking about defensive discipline from a #8
...if that was Pogba people would be talking about defensive discipline from a #8
Wait, people don't think that's a foul?
He just straight up shoved him as he ran through. One of the clearest pens I've ever seen.
What are people watching?!
Italy have been awesome though.
He just straight up shoved him as he ran through. One of the clearest pens I've ever seen.
What are people watching?!
Italy have been awesome though.
Good, good. Let the hate flow through you.
Insigne is such a R1 shoot merchant.
Disagree with the BBC guys there. For me that’s a definite penalty.
As a neutral England - Germany was quite boring too
It's soft but what the feck, that was so braindead from di lorenzo ffs
Need to score the 3rd now, De Bruyne looks up for it
Need to score the 3rd now, De Bruyne looks up for it
Aye, he pulls his arm away from the first one, can only presume he thought it was going wide, you atleast make an effort. Either that or he has a decent bet on Italy.
cracking first half....thsi game is definitely living up to the hype and buildup
offside goal....two quality finishes from the italians and a fcking soft penalty thanks to what they consider a push in the back
offside goal....two quality finishes from the italians and a fcking soft penalty thanks to what they consider a push in the back
That was pathetic yeah.
At a guess, all refs are bastards.
Yeh it's weird. Anywhere else on the pitch, it wouldn't be even a freekick.
But then, maybe we watch too much of PL.
Man and people say international football is dead, the saltiness between rival fans in this tourney has been worse than anything I've ever seen at club level and its fecking great. Its why shit or not, international football will always be king.
Buffon says hi.
He doesn't even attempt the play the ball, knows Doku is getting to it unless he fouls him.
this should be the final really
I do think it was a pen and I don't really know how people are thinking otherwise.
That being said, Italy have been great and I think Belgium are quite lucky to still be close. They need to come out and play still which should make it interesting.
That being said, Italy have been great and I think Belgium are quite lucky to still be close. They need to come out and play still which should make it interesting.
This tournament has been such a breath of fresh air. Phenomenal.
Two words. Buffon.
Actually you might be right as Buffon wasn't a starting reg for Italy until he was 22/23? He did retire very late though.
Never a penalty that. Might as well be a none contact sport if that is a penalty.
Why can attackers be physical in the box and defenders can't? The game is far too favoured to attackers so that the game can be more entertaining for us as consumers.
Why can attackers be physical in the box and defenders can't? The game is far too favoured to attackers so that the game can be more entertaining for us as consumers.
Portugal vs Belgium was a shithousery, worst game I've seen in an Euro in the last 20 years.
Portugal not creating much also helped a bit.
If that's pen then needed consistency. If it will happen in other end he should give it then fair enough.