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Goatseye on 02 July 2016
BraLoD said:
Goatseye said:

2002 team could've won the world with any one on the helm. Dunga won the WC as a player, cause as a coach he's a 0.

Both are still world cup winners, regardless.
Dunga is a horrible coach, indeed.

We're talking about coaches and Dunga never got to that level.

Scolari was/is a horrible coach, same as Dunga.



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John19 on 02 July 2016


Just going to leave this here



Kerotan on 02 July 2016

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!



Luke888 on 02 July 2016

Finally our national team got what it deserved !



Goatseye on 02 July 2016
Ka-pi96 said:
RolStoppable said:

It isn't easy to score goals against teams that play 8-1-1 formations, and that's what most of Spain's opponents did.

eh, just an excuse.

People say Spain try and play the same way as Barcelona, but Barcelona actually make a lot of chances, score plenty of goals and always look dangerous. If Barcelona can still play good offensive football when the opposition plays 8-1-1 formations there's no reason Spain couldn't do the same if they actually wanted to.

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LurkerJ on 02 July 2016
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. 



Luke888 on 02 July 2016
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. 

Leichester 2.0, now that the German curse is over, it's time for the UK champion coach curse :p

But now seriously tell me what's up with Zaza ? I haven't seen the match but I know he once played in the team of a city nearby where I live...



Goatseye on 02 July 2016
BraLoD said:
Goatseye said:

We're talking about coaches and Dunga never got to that level.

Scolari was/is a horrible coach, same as Dunga.

We are? No, you are.
You just said Felipão and Dunga couldn't show us football so why not look for it on Canada?
And both of them are world cup winners, one showed in the field, and the other right at the field side.

Exactly I said they can't, which means present. We all know Dunga is a not a player anymore.



LurkerJ on 02 July 2016
Luke888 said:
LurkerJ said:

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. 

Leichester 2.0, now that the German curse is over, it's time for the UK champion coach curse :p

But now seriously tell me what's up with Zaza ? I haven't seen the match but I know he once played in the team of a city nearby where I live...

A nobody, really. He plays for Juve now and he scored some goals this season. I don't know how he made it to the national team, but I guess Italy has been severely lacking talent for years. Conte decided to send him in at minute 120, just so that he could help with the penalties, and he missed his shot. 

I blame Conte to be honest, you just don't make that kind of sub unless you are sending in someone with talent and vast experience like Del Piero. 

I remember Anelka going through a similar experience with Chelsea, they were playing against MAN U, the champions league finale, he was sub'ed in at minute 120 and missed the penalty and it cost Chelsea the title. 


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LurkerJ on 02 July 2016

@Luke888:

I thought your team could've won tonight if they had Inzaghi lol, so many dangerous crosses with no one to take advantage of them. Inzaghi had an eye for those kind of passes.