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[criesofthepast]

Nice Buffon save early on. Plenty of missed chances by Italy. Cassano and Balo both missing some big chances.

 

[Mac_Lane]

Best game of the tournament so far.

What a dramatic change from yesterday's horrible game...

 

[Frank the Great]

great match of football so far. italy have played in the most entertaining games this tournament.

montolivo is having a good game. cassano and balotelli are off. hopefully the goal will come.

 

[Niks]

Very good match so far.
So different from the borefest from Spain yesterday...

 

[Diprosalic]

great match, just hope this doesn't go to penalties. this match doesn't deserve that.

 

[CassSept]

Oh, GAF was down?


Very exciting match, probably the best one so far. I hope England wins, but as of now anything can happen.

 

[bjaelke]

De Rossi's curled strike would've been a marvelous goal had it not hit the post. Hart had no chance of saving it.

 

[Fry]

Milner is a joke.

 

[Kinyou]

What is up with GAF today?

 

[Reuenthal]

Italy is the better team but England is still competitive and could also win this.

 

[Meus Renaissance]

Despite the chances the Italians have had, I cant see them winning this game. England look far better with the ball, especially when going forward

 

[jett]

Italy lording it over England, just missing some goals. Entertaining match.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

some clutch goalkeeping and some desperate last minute blocks. oh, and a fucking post.

True , still this game has been more attacking than i thought it would be from both teams.

 

[zroid]

best scoreless 45 minutes I've seen in a while

 

[Buzzati]

Good stuff so far.

 

[Neo C.]

Good offense, better defense. Both sides do pretty well.

 

[Draconian]

I don't know what Cassano was doing the first 30 minutes, but he looked better for that last 15.

 

[Rad-]

God damn at that De Rossi shot...

 

[Dark Schala]

It's like nobody wants to score.

I wouldn't mind penalty kicks. Those are usually fun to watch.

 

[Kinyou]

Buffon is a monster

 

[Cosmozone]

GAF servers were so impressed with the game that they crashed, argh. England much better than I thought. Could as well win. Italy could've played better (Cassano?!), but they also had great chances.

 

[DECK'ARD]

Great match so far.

Come on England, Theo is going to cause them some trouble.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Is there a close-up gif of Balotelli's mid-air strike? I was looking for the replay, but I missed it, looked quite amazing.

 

[Willkiller]

Terry has been shit. He keeps playing like that and Balo will score. Apart from that we've done well. Get Wellbeck off and put a striker on, he's a better defender than he is up front.

 

[Oxx]

Well, we don't want England scoring early and parking the bus. Nicking a goal in injury time would be for the best.

 

[Inversive]

If Balotelli wasn't shit Italy would have a couple of goals, he fluffed some great chances.

 

[Kurtofan]

Best match of the tournament so far.

 

[Outdoor Miner]

I can't hate this Italy squad. They are so much fun to watch. That shot that hit the post early on would have been goal of the year.

 

[criesofthepast]

De rossi has been Italy's best player.

 

[Brinbe]

Boo @ GAF being down during an amazingly entertaining half. Same shit that happened during the race earlier today.

 

[opticalmace]

That Italian forward had so many chances.

 

[Jal]

I wouldn't mind penalty kicks. Those are usually fun to watch.

Not when you're English.

 

[mozfan12]

I love Super Mario but those two chances would have been in were it Di Natale. Italy have been able to get behind the England def which is perfect for Di Natale.

 

[Dance Inferno]

Haha dammit, looks like I did miss a good first half. Oh well, there's bound to be some drama in the second half since it's scoreless right now.

 

[CassSept]

I wouldn't mind penalty kicks. Those are usually fun to watch.

Nooo. This game is too entertaining. No match so far had any team doing as good for more than 20 minutes than both teams in this one had for an entire half. By 90th minute they will be exhausted, extra time would be a bore.

 

[Nevasleep]

Great match so far.
While I support England, I'm lucky enough to be from a different country in UK, so I also find it funny when England lose.

Rooney's been pretty sloppy.

 

[Buzzati]

Not sure why England isn't showing much confidence in their defense - their turnovers have gone well.

 

[UnblessedSoul]

This game will go two ways, England get a lucky break and win 1-0 or Italy starts converting their chances to goals and they win

 

[Alucard]

Balotelli will totally be the goat if Italy lose this.

 

[DECK'ARD]

Not when you're English.

I won't be able to take another penalty shoot-out.

 

[Draconian]

I love Super Mario but those two chances would have been in were it Di Natale. Italy have been able to get behind the England def which is perfect for Di Natale.

The first one yes, the second one I think was a great effort.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

GAF servers were so impressed with the game that they crashed, argh. England much better than I thought. Could as well win. Italy could've played better (Cassano?!), but they also had great chances.

pretty much. england looking surprisingly good.

I did some picks at work and some of em didn't come off, but the pool works by giving you points for a bunch of things,

turns out I get points today if england wins versus italy. I was considering the tourney lost to me (i'm 3rd from about 30 people) put if england pulls this off I have an actual shot at taking the pool. I'm daring to hope.

They've had some good chances, but Italy has more possession and their chances look more dangerous. Can't be long before italy gets one. If England score first, I'm hoping for a 2-1 england victory.

 

[Zabojnik]

Dat De Rossi volley, shame. Not feeling Abate, he should dare more. Montolivo is playing pretty decently, which is odd.

Interesting game, could go either way.

 

[fuenf]

i think i finally overdosed on watching football just can get excited for this game, i know that it was a pretty good half but i was bored the whole time

 

[Hieberrr]

Oh shit, Balotelli and Cassao arguing with each other as they went into the tunnel.

 

[Arjen]

Hehe, Dutch analyst right now.
"We've seen more action in the first five minutes, then in yesterdays entire game"

 

[Clegg]

Terry can't play the offside line, he's just too slow.

Balotelli can't finish for shit right now.

Pirlo has been running the show.

Rooney has just been off the pace the entire game. Welbeck has done well winning the ball for England but their wingers have done nothing in attack.

Enjoyable first half though. Much better than Spain/France.

 

[Meier]

The Rooney pass to Welbeck needed to result in a goal. Half the net was open and there's no way Gigi would have been able to react quick enough with an accurate shot on goal.

 

[Frank the Great]

I love Super Mario but those two chances would have been in were it Di Natale. Italy have been able to get behind the England def which is perfect for Di Natale.

yup, di natale would've buried that one-on-one chance, no problem. lescott and terry are pretty immobile, di natale's movement would cause a lot of problems.

 

[.Shodan]

DAT Buffon.

Great match.