Thimmy wrote:

El Gunner wrote:^^one doesn't mean the other isn't true. And it wasn't just a suggestion from McLewis, it's literal fact and a lot of people on social media including Lewis Hamilton called it out

Bellingham and Saka were good for the first 30 mins of the Serbia game
Foden, as of yet, nothing to show yet in this tournament

I do agree that both can be true at the same time, and that might be the case here, but if I were to criticize the English media during international tournaments, it would be for their tendency to single out specific individuals to a hysterical level every time several of their players clearly fall short of meeting their expectations. If there’s racial profiling on top of it, that just adds insult to injury.


Then again, it’s no secret that they’re writing for the sake of riling people up and generating attention, and not so much for informative reasons. People do like to read about it, otherwise they would have changed their angle by now - but they seem to crank up the hysteria level instead.

Sports journalism during international tournaments in Scandinavia isn’t quite as hysterical and nonsensical, but it’s occasionally the same story of singling out players that are high-profile, but not necessarily guilty of being standout underperformers. People do like to read about it, even if they don’t agree with what’s being written.

Freeza wrote:Were Switzerland that big of underdogs? Italy has like zero world class players, while the Swiss have a couple.

Arquitecto wrote:U17 euro Champions (italy)
U19 euro Champions (italy)

euro 2021 champions (italy)

This was a tactical problem i’ve decided the talent isn’t top but many good players just no balls or cohesion.

Spalletti is world class but has to walk after this.


I can’t decide if Venturas italy or spallettis were worse.


Why tf werent Verratti or Locatelli called up either

Wish Tonali was here too