The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

[Kerotan]

LurkerJ said:

Kerotan said:
Feel bad for the Italians! They took on the mighty Germans with a brave team display but came up short.

Can't believe so many penalties were missed and that buffon missed the last one :(

I fancy Germany to make the final now.

France v Iceland tomorrow. Don't expect Iceland to have a fair referee but I still think they've a fighting chance!

I admired Italy this time around. No world-class players, no decent strikers or play makers. It felt like Conte put together a bunch of amatures and taught them how to play like a team. They knocked out Spain and almost knocked out Germany, and in both cases, Buffon helped a lot XD

Excited to see what Conte will do at Chelsea next season. 

Very well said.  Conte definitely one of the managers of euro 2016 and will be interesting to see if he can replicate it with Chelsea.  

 

Such a shame they missed out.  I would have backed them to make the final if they won today.