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England vs Italy

Absurdistan
Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
in Other Football and Sports
Can't wait, so much drama so far loads of goals.
Got to be a 0-0 banker.
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  • cs1986
    cs1986 Posts: 1,529
    One nil us lallana
  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,756
    Hart
    Johnson Cahill Jagielka Baines

    Henderson Gerrard

    Lallana Rooney Barkley

    Sturridge


    Sterling main asset is his sprinting and we don't want him getting knackered early in the match. He will make the biggest impact against tired defenders. Bring him on with 20 mins to go.

    Reckon we'll win 1-0. Goal in the middleish of the second half.
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,813
    Either 0-0 or 1-1.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,152
    edited June 2014
    I think we need to go at them from kick off and get an early goal. They'll have no option but to open up and attack us then and we can finish them off late in the game with Sterling and Barkley. Buffon could be out for this game.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,658
    Neither team can afford to lose so caution will prevail. 0 - 0

    I said the same about Spain v Netherlands
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,390
    ShootersHillGuru said:

    Neither team can afford to lose so caution will prevail. 0 - 0

    I said the same about Spain v Netherlands

    I thought Spain v Netherlands would be a cautious 0-0
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,735
    England to win 2-1... Reckon Hodgson was gonna play Welbeck and now after seeing what pace can do in this competition is gonna go with Sterling and try to hit Italy on the counter-attack (kinda like what Holland did against Spain last night).

    One thing that worries me though is the attention Pirlo has been getting... We've made it pretty obvious we see him as our No.1 threat and they're just gonna plan for that (even if it means making Pirlo a dummy player and having someone else pulling the strings that we're not prepared for)
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,778
    edited June 2014
    Rumour in the last hour is that Sterling is starting.

    This is the team (apparently)


    Hart
    Johnson
    Cahill
    Jagielka
    Baines
    Henderson
    Gerrard
    Lallana
    Rooney
    Sterling
    Sturridge
  • Taxi_Lad
    Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,778
    Reckon he'll start with Welbeck
  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,584
    Buffon confirmed as out on BBC!

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  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,778
    moutuakilla said:

    Buffon confirmed as out on BBC!

    Yeah i saw that. Still unconfirmed. It Will be a big psychological blow for Italy if he's isn't playing.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,778
    Twisted his ankle very lightly. He will play. Italians playing games as usual.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/10899735/World-Cup-2014-boost-for-England-as-Italy-keeper-Gianluigi-Buffon-limps-out-of-training.html
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    JessieAddick said:

    I'll get up at 6am to watch the game live. Have been looking forward to it all week. Good luck England. Hope you get a win.

    What has happened to China? Seem to have been pumping money into football but have regressed?
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,325
    Confirmed he's out
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,778
    Good
  • GretnaGreenAddick
    GretnaGreenAddick Posts: 3,085
    Sticking to my early prediction, we will win 1-0, Sturridge with the goal in the first half.
  • mrbligh
    mrbligh Posts: 3,056
    5-1 England
  • Dannoo_86
    Dannoo_86 Posts: 729
    2-0 England
  • Super_horns
    Super_horns Posts: 1,299
    Bedsaddick said:

    Twisted his ankle very lightly. He will play. Italians playing games as usual.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/england/10899735/World-Cup-2014-boost-for-England-as-Italy-keeper-Gianluigi-Buffon-limps-out-of-
    training.html

    Buffon confirmed as out.

    Sirigu comes in - decent enough goalie at PSG but lose a lot of experience.



  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,778
    Isn't Buffon the captain as well?

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  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,957
    LOL!! Everyone rightly had their expectations in check leading up to this World Cup as we are simply an average side by WC standards. And now in match day 1-0, 2-0, 3-1 England etc. Being realistic I would be utterly delighted with a draw. Teams with Johnson, Jagielka and Cahill in defence don't generally trouble the worlds best. We shall see.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,152
    Italy's back up choices to Buffon are not great. We need test the replacement.
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Bedsaddick said:

    Good

    Classless
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,018
    Loss of an experienced keeper (and at a time when the cliched impenetrable defence is surprisingly porous anyway) and we won't get much of a better chance to beat Italy fair and square, they will be a good attacking unit but I think we can handle it. 1- or 2-0 to us I think though this being England I am expecting us to make it as nervy as possible for fans.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,778
    dizzee said:

    Bedsaddick said:

    Good

    Classless
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  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,592
    Looking forward to the goal line technology being used again. It's been decision making after each goal so far.

    I wonder if the foam spray technology will become regular over here. Could be sponsored by Gillette.
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    Lost interest in England football a few years ago but about a week before the tournament started I was getting really excited!
    I reckon we can smash Italy tonight- 4-1
  • Charltonparklane
    Charltonparklane Posts: 5,786
    dizzee said:

    Bedsaddick said:

    Good

    Classless
    Absolutely great news
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,152
    Marchisio could tear Glen Johnson apart if we're not careful tonight.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,671
    Dear Deidre

    I am not a violent man but Danny Murphy is prattling away on the TV and I have an overwhelming urge to punch him in the mouth!

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