EURO 2020 - QF : Italy - Belgium

Spinazzola out is huge for Italy, hes been great for them, especially tactically.

de lorenzo is still missing out Doku often
if any opportunity may come out for Belgium its from De Lorenzo's flank....

Dohu is raw, but only 19, Im sure he will have some clubs following him after his Euro.

BarcaLearning wrote:Dohu is raw, but only 19, Im sure he will have some clubs following him after his Euro.

well international stage is open scouting so yea lol im sure he will be on watch

Sad for Spina

He had his fair share of injuries. This one seemed to hurt a lot.

how is that a freekick for belgium sigh ... de bryune taking advantage by falling off ground

hang on thats bs!!! how is berardi yellow he blocked rightly!!! ref is being complete stupid here

berardi didnt even run twards de buyne before whistle...

5 minsET is gone.... is ref trying to play 6 min??? lol

6 min???? ET is 5 min!!! what why is he giving corner!!!??? this is ridiculous!

so re has extended game to 7 min !! ET

Over goodbye Belgium

FORZAAAAA

Very poor from Belgium, just not good enough to beat a good Italy side. Pretty sure becos a lot of them will be past their prime in the next major Tourny.

Jesp wrote:so re has extended game to 7 min !! ET

Italy clearly been time wasting though GK was getting treatment for 2 mins alone...

Belgium given 10 more mins wouldnt make a difference though, Italy just not allowing them to play and they not good enough to improvise any real chance throughout.

Belgium .... and to extend Italy had missing finishing badly this game tbh this should have been a a lot more high scoring game. given how this game went like end to end action

well deserved win

Honestly can't see anyone beating Italy

Went into this as a neutral, but after the BS penalty I cheered for Italy hard.
But the first 65 minutes were pure footballing beauty. Ref was atrociously bad.

BarcaLearning wrote:

Jesp wrote:so re has extended game to 7 min !! ET

Italy clearly been time wasting though GK was getting treatment for 2 mins alone...

Belgium given 10 more mins wouldnt make a difference though, Italy just not allowing them to play and they not good enough to improvise any real chance throughout.

lol actually dollarumma ok fair enough
well i guess Italy brought extra defender on Toloi later on to make it like 5-3-2 almost

Belgium is probably one of those most talented team that should have capitalized so much on international level though, they should have won something important by now

VivaStPauli wrote:Went into this as a neutral, but after the BS penalty I cheered for Italy hard.
But the first 65 minutes were pure footballing beauty. Ref was atrociously bad.

yea that pk was pretty dubious. like after Doku went past Di lorenzo he just fell on ground.
ref was kinda making strange decision just because player from both side were surrounding him like he didnt place his own authority

yea the last 70 min was craziness ... belgium should have been scored atleast one or two...

RealGunner wrote:well deserved win

Honestly can't see anyone beating Italy

spinazolla probably one of the best Italy player is probably out of Euro...
i have less faith in emrson he hasnt played forever

i still think England has biggest likelyhood to win this competition given all the talent and depth they have .. they are better team than italy overall

World cup 2022 will be the last chance to win something for this belgium generation

Most of their guys are around 30 years old they should make it, after that no guarantees. They don't seem to have another "golden" generation coming any time soon.

thought that if de bryune couldnt pull strings i thought thorgen would do all the damage, but i have to say Jeremy Doku has arguably the biggest threat

Warrior wrote:World cup 2022 will be the last chance to win something for this belgium generation

Most of their guys are around 30 years old they should make it, after that no guarantees. They don't seem to have another "golden" generation coming any time soon.

yea they really should be winning something by now for sure. WC.. i guess de bruyne and all would still play but the defense... dunno

Italy great as team but on individual level Italy is still lacking a lot. for starter ... goalscorer is a problem.... i would have even preferred Caputo ....

immobile and belotti are so difficult to read on international level .... this game was so open for immobile and he keeps making atrocious decisions

A profile like Moise Kean could be useful

Next time he'll be there imo, different profile, Immobile cannot be trusted and that much is a certainty just like death and taxes

Massive game for Italy. A very soft penalty to concede, in exactly the place where speed merchants love to buy penalties with balls they would otherwise be unable to do anything with.

Sure, Belgium missed some key chances, but so did Italy, and they played much better for the majority of the match. Insigne man of the match for Italy, as he is honestly the key man for most offensive moves.

One major disappointment is losing Spinazzola (it looks like that's it for him for this Euro). He was one of the best players in the tournament so far, and he is absolutely key to how the team plays. The difference between himself and his backup is huge.

Next up is Spain, who has been our bogey team since 2008. Honestly, I don't feel confident now that the team has some injury issues, and the CFs have proven to be wasteful with their chances.

This a team playing above its weight, but since its playing as a "team", then maybe we can expect great things.