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Euro 2012 | Quarter Final | England vs. Italy | 19.45 | Match Preview & Predictions & Reaction

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  • AddickUpNorthAddickUpNorth
    Panenka!
  • IdleHansIdleHans
    Got a feeling after surviving that luck may be on England's side
    Yeah, thanks for that
  • LoOkOuTLoOkOuT
    Better side has gone through unfortunately.
  • Stu_of_KunmingStu_of_Kunming
    I think Pirlo has bigger balls than NLA.

    If only he'd done a Yann!
  • Dazzler21Dazzler21
    God I hate the name Ashley.
  • Red_Pete_in_DubaiRed_Pete_in_Dubai
    Well done to Italy. The better team by a country mile won the game in the end.
  • Valley11Valley11
    Losing by 5 to Germany would have been worse than this.
  • BedsaddickBedsaddick
    Why didn't Carroll step up an take one? oh well the better team won
  • Dazzler21Dazzler21
    We should have gone for the jugular in extra time... No wonder we lost. It's shite but we did better than expected.
  • LawrieAbrahamsLawrieAbrahams
    The only consolation is that we would have got hammered by Germany.
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  • O-Randy-HuntO-Randy-Hunt
    They deserved it but I just thought after the luck we have had we would win on pens. Pirlos pen was unreal
  • Dazzler21Dazzler21
    Rigore penalty.
  • ShootersHillGuruShootersHillGuru
    Justice done. Can't believe England have lost another penalty shoot out. Very poor tournament from Ashley Young culminating in that crucial miss.
  • NicholasNicholas
    Jeez that pen summed up Youngs Tournement absolute shite.
  • Bournemouth AddickBournemouth Addick
    We should have gone for the jugular in extra time... No wonder we lost. It's shite but we did better than expected.
    How were we going to go for it when we simply cannot control a ball for more than 3 passes?

    We did what most of us predicted - out in the quarters.
  • DaveMehmetDaveMehmet
    They deserved it but I just thought after the luck we have had we would win on pens. Pirlos pen was unreal
    So was gashley youngs
  • se9addickse9addick
    We should have gone for the jugular in extra time... No wonder we lost. It's shite but we did better than expected.
    The jugular ? Give it a rest, England couldn't even get out their half !
  • O-Randy-HuntO-Randy-Hunt
    Without making young a scape goat over that pen, he was effing pony in this competion and was 1 of the players I was expecting to see turn it on
  • ShootersHillGuruShootersHillGuru
    Poor crop of players at the moment. It will change in a couple of years. Time to lose the old guard now. Although Terry was fantastic over the four games.
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    Well done England. No lack of effort but just weren't good enough.

    Stick with Roy, stick with the younger players, keeping building for 2016.

    Young wasn't great and missed a pen but we don't need scapegoats, we need to give them time.

    Pirlo: have to respect the balls and skill to do that.

    Spain v Germany final should be fascinating if it happens.
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  • NicholasNicholas
    Without making young a scape goat over that pen, he was effing pony in this competion and was 1 of the players I was expecting to see turn it on
    Exactly, After the second game him and Milner should have been no where near the team.

  • vffvff
    England were not able to retain possession. England were poor in the final third from the 2nd half on. Rooney looked off the pace.

    Why did Ashley Cole take a penalty when he has not scored in 92 other appearances ?

    Why wasn't strikers Walcott and Andy Carroll (forward players) taking the penalties.

    In the end quality tells, and Italian individual quality told. Italians deserved to win.
    The only consolation is that we would have got hammered by Germany.


  • BedsaddickBedsaddick
    We just dont have the quality ( never have really) . Quarters is the best we could have hoped for. We should have brought Defoe on but ifs and ans and all that. Ashley Young was dreadful.
  • se9addickse9addick
    Young was poor, but Italy were better all over the pitch.
  • 1StevieG1StevieG
    2 piss poor pens from both Ashley's. Fair enough we were outplayed but Ashley Young was quite awful and no wonder we were knackered pushing up giving the ball away and then running back to defend it.
  • johnny73johnny73
    The younger players will learn from this and know the standard they will need to reach to be successful. No substitute for experience.
  • ShootersHillGuruShootersHillGuru
    In all honesty it's the same old problem that we've had for years and it won't change soon. Our players even the quality ones are technically not as good as other nationalities. First touch and passing and movement is pedestrian and results in inability to keep possession.
  • 1StevieG1StevieG
    does this count as a game not lost? We could go on a huddersfield-like run!
  • smudge7946smudge7946
    If Ashley Cole was as good at penaltys as he was at alledgy having jermaine pennants mobile phone inserted up his arse (according to t'internet) we would have won.
  • Bournemouth AddickBournemouth Addick
    edited June 2012
    In all honesty it's the same old problem that we've had for years and it won't change soon. Our players even the quality ones are technically not as good as other nationalities. First touch and passing and movement is pedestrian and results in inability to keep possession.
    Yep. But apparently some supporters prefer it that way. We wouldn't want to play like Spain after all...
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