Italy 0 England 0 FT (Italy wins 4-2 PKs)

[GREENWHITEGREEN]

I hope these Germans don't dissapoint. First tkob against Italy, then Spain.

[balo]

There are some players that should never step up to take penalties. Ashley Cole belongs in that group.


Why did Gerrard not step up?

Did you miss the part where he scored the first pena?

Oloye, my feed froze at the time.

Sounds like the dog ate my homework

Would you rather I lied?

[asabe]

maestro Pirlo!!! y'all got anymore superlatives???!!!!

Pirlo is just a whole different class... Reminds me of Zizou when he was about to retire.. great player through out his career, but seems to have just reached a pinnacle that is unattainable just when he is about to retire... Simply put: THE DEFINITION OF AWESOMENESS!

Can the English game develop a player with the subtlety of a Pirlo.

[tfco]

way too much swag

i can watch this all night

[Ofoje2]

England needs to start producing footballers With basic technical abiity, you can't win tournaments if you can pass the ball. Congrats Azzurri.

[anikulapo]

@Hank Anuku, if for a second you believe Wilshere will be allowed to play with the freedom of Pirlo, you're even more of a fool than your trousers on back to front suggest. Wilshere will be the next Scott "puts his body on the line" Parker. T'is not in their nature to allow creative freedom. They had Joe Cole and stuck him so far left, he was mistaken for a Labour MP.

I take it that in ur rush to strip naked in front of the mob u didn't catch the emoticon that screamed sarcasm

Kaiii what a dolt this Fakespeare is

Have I not been saying that Arsenal is in desperate need of a creative MF and that Wilshere is more of a holding box to box CM

Kaiii u are more of a doofus than I even thought

I am surprised u didn't recommend that England needed the steel of Nigel Reo Coker

[anikulapo]

There are some players that should never step up to take penalties. Ashley Cole belongs in that group.


Why did Gerrard not step up?

Did you miss the part where he scored the first pena?

Oloye, my feed froze at the time.

Sounds like the dog ate my homework

Would you rather I lied?

Ol boy nothin spoil, no mind us na jus harmless yabis

[platinum]

Can't see Italy getting past the Germans ,

You don't know their history.

Just think Italians been poor, against Ireland they were poor, against England not been great Considering how bad England were at keeping ball. A good possession team like Germany should expose Italian deficencies.

you still don't know the Italians......................Italy is meek with the meek and very strong against the strong.

Just one exampe, in 1982 WC............Italy drew against Peru, Poland & Cameroun in the 1st round.
Took out the legendary Brazilian team of Zico,Falco,Socrates,Jnr etc and blew away the Germanys 3-1 in the Final.
That is Italy for you...................they will lose to Andorra & thrash Spain the next day.

Thank you.

[YUJAM]

Listening to this Talksports radio but I have to turn off this crap. England has the most delusional fans in footie. For all the money invested in the EPL, these guys can't even keep possession. Yet these fans act as if their team is fantastic

[platinum]

Listening to this Talksports radio but I have to turn off this crap. England has the most delusional fans in footie. For all the money invested in the EPL, these guys can't even keep possession. Yet these fans act as if their team is fantastic

You have some some mental fortitude...why would you torture yourself like that?? The same clowns who thought the team would win the Euros!

[Robbynice]

I hope these Germans don't dissapoint. First tkob against Italy, then Spain.

Ol'boy this Italian team can pull a mafia job on Germany o. Don't sleep on them. Should be a good semi final game.

[platinum]

I hope these Germans don't dissapoint. First tkob against Italy, then Spain.

Ol'boy this Italian team can pull a mafia job on Germany o. Don't sleep on them. Should be a good semi final game.

Man mi, me and you done dey talk am from day 1...if Germany try those mental slips they made against Greece, they can kiss this tournament byebye real quick.

[platinum]

Pirlo love.

[YUJAM]

Pirlo is an artisan. He is extremely creative and is a thinking man's footballer.

Italy will be a tough match for Germany. They are solid defensively and have the type of players in midfield and attack that can hurt any team

[Robbynice]

Pirlo is an artisan. He is extremely creative and is a thinking man's footballer.

Italy will be a tough match for Germany. They are solid defensively and have the type of players in midfield and attack that can hurt any team

KPOM!

[metalalloy]

Pirlo love.

everyone by Skillful see am oh

[galoise]

Pirlo is an artisan. He is extremely creative and is a thinking man's footballer.

Italy will be a tough match for Germany. They are solid defensively and have the type of players in midfield and attack that can hurt any team

No they are not Yujam!!! What are u talking about man loool... Italy's defence has never been this shaky in their entire history! Their entire game at midfield is very 1-dimensional: PIRLO. If anyone can shut him down Italy is in trouble. Cassano, Mario, Gio, Di Natale, Rossi are all awesome players, but there is very little understanding between them. They misplace passes between each other like they meant it to be that way...

[femibyte]

Pirlo is an artisan. He is extremely creative and is a thinking man's footballer.

Italy will be a tough match for Germany. They are solid defensively and have the type of players in midfield and attack that can hurt any team

KPOM!

Germany will rip this pedestrian Italian team to shreds...

[YUJAM]

You think so? Chief, Italians if there is one things Italians know, it is defense. It is part of their DNA.

As for Pirlo, it is difficult to shut him down because he plays such a deep lying role. Perhaps the easier thing would be to cut off his outlets. Bottom-line is the teams left have players that are masters of the game and each one of them can hurt you in many different ways. Don't believe for one sec that there is little understanding btwn the players. Remember that the base of their team is Juventus who were undefeated in Serie A last season

Pirlo is an artisan. He is extremely creative and is a thinking man's footballer.

Italy will be a tough match for Germany. They are solid defensively and have the type of players in midfield and attack that can hurt any team

No they are not Yujam!!! What are u talking about man loool... Italy's defence has never been this shaky in their entire history! Their entire game at midfield is very 1-dimensional: PIRLO. If anyone can shut him down Italy is in trouble. Cassano, Mario, Gio, Di Natale, Rossi are all awesome players, but there is very little understanding between them. They misplace passes between each other like they meant it to be that way...

[joplass]

way too much swag

i can watch this all night

Too funny...Hart was eating grass while the ball was still on Pirlo's foot...just about

[tfco]

Touched the ball 155 times, 131 passes made, 114 completed (87%).

[Ekorian]

way too much swag

i can watch this all night

Hart reminds me a certain Ghanaian goalkeeper. BP help!

[Skylolo]

EPL this EPL that...funny how today the vastly overrated EPL Englishmen could not get anywhere close to the washed up Serie A players in any area of the pitch.

Have said many times here, the top 4 EPL teams play to a high level.....the rest are "gra gra" teams. The EPL is not as strong league as La Liga, Serie A or even the Bundesliga all the way down, that is why they look so ordinary when you put them together on the International stage.