Day 18: Switzerland vs Spain | Belgium vs Italy (QF 1&2)

Markolan

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I'm italian but I'm a bit ashamed from our attitude in the last 10-15 mins
 

DWelbz19

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We’ve maybe seen the ball actually in play for about 30 seconds of the 3 and a half minutes so far
 

Beachryan

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I couldn't handle this f*ckery from the Italians. I'd definitely get a red in the 95th minute and leave them something to cry about.
 

Wolf1992

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Pretty sure England have been getting mocked for the failure of that Gerrard - Lampard generation due to how poor coaching fecked them up.

Ultimately if Belgium got KOed today, that means this golden generation failed to challenge for any huge tournament bar one, 2018 WC. For such amount of players you would expect them to reach a final or get closer to winning an actual huge trophy or something, you know, like how this France generation reached a Euro final and won World Cup.
France is a big team, Belgium isn't.The measure is different.

Until now, only big teams have won the World Cup.
Belgium 3rd place at WC 2018 is nice, we can only blame them for losing against Wales.

As i said, winning big tournaments it's hard, only one team win it, not 3 or 4.You need some luck, it's not only about having quality.
 

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Italy have been pretty pathetic with the “gamesmanship” tonight
Italy playing like Italy. Still, quality there which we haven't seen in a while. And that Belgian team is overrated.
 

charlenefan

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De Bruyne has been fecking garbage and not a thing will be said
 

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italian doing everything to dislike them despite their good football.
 

MU655

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Belgians would probably do the same to be fair, if they were winning. All teams do.
 

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France is a big team, Belgium isn't.The measure is different.

Until now, only big teams have won the World Cup.
Belgium 3rd place at WC 2018 is nice, we can only blame them for losing against Wales.

As i said, winning big tournaments it's hard, only one team win it, not 3 or 4.You need some luck, it's not only about having quality.
This was their chance to become an actual big team though. You can't have this much talent and just be content saying you're not a big team. It was perfect time for them to become so.
 

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Italy in panic mode now
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Not at all. Belgium been hopeless.
 

sincher

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Shame to have this ending to an otherwise good game.
 

Phil

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Italy put on a masterclass of attacking football for north of the game.

Now a masterclass of shithousery.
 

MattofManchester

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Think players need to start getting booked for gamesmanship.
It's essentially cheating.

Let it be at VAR's discretion.
May be hit and miss, but it's ruining the game.
 

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5 minutes too many, Belgium deserve no stoppage time for being so dull.
So boring. Probably the most boring pound for pound team ever. Greece 2000 didn't have players like Belgium do. So glad they're going out.
 

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I was enjoying this as a neutral until about 5 minutes ago. If I was a Belgium fan I’d have lost it already :lol:
 

Dinghy

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Been enjoying this Italy-side, but they can feck off now with their disgusting timewasting.