Euro 2020 FINAL: Is it coming home or going to Rome?
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You could convince me of a red there. It is in the end a mistimed tackle but you are responsible for your studs
Hey Gareth, there are gonna be streamers on the pitch in 30 minutes. D'ya wanna...use your subs?
that would be a ridiculous red. He got the ball first clearly and rolled off into Graelish
It’s probably hard for him to make decisions without a betting syndicate telling him what to call
Again, just getting the ball first doesn't absolve you when making a reckless tackle. There was already a red in the tournament where the studs-to-torso contact came on the follow through after player in question got to the ball first.
If the ball stays in play for a few minutes and Rashford gets stuck on the sidelines....hoo boy.
In the end when watching again I think yellow is probably the right call. It does look like Jorginho mostly tries to take weight off that foot and Grealish probably has to bear some responsibility for sliding early into a 50/50
First team that puts in a kicking net on their sideline is gonna dominate shootouts
Italy's tournament record (World Cup + Euros) in penalty shootouts is 4 wins and 6 losses, FWIW.
Messi winning a trophy with Argentina and England winning one on penalties in the same weekend would be a pretty crazy story.
He disagreed with the very call we are discussing, in that he thought it shouldn’t have even been a yellow
I don't know as much about the sport as many folks in here, but yeah - it felt to me like he's done a bang-up job.
Italy played more for the win than England. And England had bullets in the chambers in the form of subs + home field advantage.
Getting studs on top of ball is a pretty common control move. Helps to knock it down and get it at your feet. Graelish didnt have control. Calling it a reckless challenge worthy of red is extreme. He was not going in studs up to attack Graelish.
A yellow is extremely fair given the result
My son and I have been debating Rashford all tournament. I think he should be getting regular minutes; my son says Rashford is a terrific human being but an overrated player, and doesn’t deserve minutes on this stacked team.
He’s just so nervy looking it’s hard to trust. I do think the new rules really favor the taller keepers
England has some interesting choices here. Sterling, Saka, and Grealish all have basically no penalty track record.
Italy won on xgoals, the first team to defeat England on xgoals.
View: https://twitter.com/xGPhilosophy/status/1414339055303774208
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I’ve got Jordan Henderson with the winner.
Prove me wrong, football gods.
edit: unless, of course, he goes in the first 1-3
Prove me wrong, football gods.
edit: unless, of course, he goes in the first 1-3
It's sort of in between. Rashford probably doesn't deserve to be starting but he should have gotten more minutes as a sub. Southgate's refusal to make timely substitutions really hurt him.
I don't really have a dog in this race and I can barely watch...what it must feel like to be English right now.
England strangely have insane depth at winger. I was talking about this with a friend last night but England legitimately have 4 or 5 wingers who would have started for Brazil yesterday. I’m not sure that Rashford could play much with the form Sterling and Grealish were on
