(Round of 16) - Italy (aet)2-1 Austria - Saturday 26th June, 2021

[Stan]

Wow Kaladjzic. What a header. 

[Panna King]

HEY BABY!    Come on!

[Mel81x+]

Come on Austria. 

[Carnivore Chris]

Comeback on?

[El Profesor]

Yes! Get in! One more, please Austria.

 

[DeadLinesman]

Get the fuck in!!!!

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Just now, Panna King said:

HEY BABY!    Come on!

IT'S WORKING! Quick, play some more

[ScoRoss]

Jorginho 

One job to be on the near post, somehow manages to move out the way of the header...

[Stan]

To squeeze the header in from there is pretty impressive. 4 Italian defenders around him and he somehow finds the only place needed to score. 

[Stan]

5 minutes ago, Eco said:

But he's held up the ball a couple of time, led to the goal, and has been able to use his body better than Ciro, which isn't usually the case.

Yeah he's much more agile and mobile than Immobile. Not afraid to out himself about and get physical. 

[Panna King]

Chellini celebrating a foul in his cheap Armani suit

[Michael]

This is an excellent performance by Austria but Foda must be going mental on the side-lines.

[Danny]

All this waffle about the classic Italian defence etc...are they aware of the change in style of play?

[nudge+]

Austria. Gave Italy a run for their money for sure, a very solid performance. 

[Stan]

Wembley not so boring now! That extra time period was good to watch. 

[Mel81x+]

Credit to Austria here. They pushed hard and pushed Italy till the very end. 

[DeadLinesman]

Di Lorenzo the newest addition to my cunt list. What a horrible cheating diving twat he is.

[Michael]

You wanted anybody else but Gregoritsch to have that chance, I am sorry, but he is such an average player.

[Bluewolf]

Well played Austria... battled all the way through

[DeadLinesman]

That should be an eye opener to the remaining teams that an organised display will completely throw Italy. 

[Beelzebub]

That was a well low flicking header from a tight angle. Respect but they still ruined my prediction 

[Michael]

An excellent performance by Austria, they will return home with their heads held high. Italy have the depth required in these types of competitions to make a difference and I think that benefitted them today. An excellent match overall, unlucky Austria but congratulations to Italy.

[Stan]

Quality off the bench showed for Italy. Chiesa should have come on much earlier. Austria ran out of steam a bit towards the end and that was exacerbated with the kind of players Italy could bring on. 

Enjoyed the game overall. Nice to see Italy get tested as well. 

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Just now, Michael said:

You wanted anybody else but Gregoritsch to have that chance, I am sorry, but he is such an average player.

Foda should have brought Kalajdzic on much earlier, in my opinion. Or even better, started him. Either way, I wonder where do they go from here. 

[Michael]

Just now, nudge said:

Foda should have brought Kalajdzic on much earlier, in my opinion. Or even better, started him. Either way, I wonder where do they go from here. 

Yeah, well he certainly made a huge impact when he came on. I think Austria can take a great deal of inspiration from this performance. This is pretty much the same side that will play at the World Cup(If they qualify, which I am sure they will), so I think they have a very bright near future.