Euro: QF: Ukraine v England, 7/3/2021

[Savi]

Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Kickoff: 15:00 EST, 21:00 CET

Ukraine
- Group C 3rd place (1-0-2)
- Lost

Netherlands 2-3
- Beat

North Macedonia 2-1
- Lost

Austria 0-1
- R16

eliminated Sweden 2-1 A.E.T.
- Top goalscorers: Andriy Yarmolenko, Roman Yaremchuk - 2

England
- Group D winner (2-1-0)
- Beat

Croatia 1-0
- Tied

Scotland 0-0
- Beat

Czech Republic 1-0
- R16

eliminated Germany 2-0
- Top goalscorer: Raheem Sterling - 3

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[Bagge]

So happy Denmark ended up in this half. Makes the way to the final so much easier.

 

[Live in the Now]

People will immediately rule Ukraine out, and fair play to that because it's hard to disagree. But England are playing away from home here and will have a disruption in their pre-match for the first time because of that. So we'll see what happens.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

People will immediately rule Ukraine out, and fair play to that because it's hard to disagree. But England are playing away from home here and will have a disruption in their pre-match for the first time because of that. So we'll see what happens.

Plus this tournament has been bananas. I wouldnt be placing bets.

 

[al secord]

England still yet to concede

 

[Your old Jofa helmet]

It will be a sure carnage against England. We got no chance but we already exceeded our own expectations for this tourney.

Yarmolenko was barely alive by the end and Stepanenko can only play every other game. And obviously Besedin is now gone for a long time. It will be the biggest bus ever parked by Ukraine. But we obviously could not care less

 

[Rob]

I know you aren’t supposed to take games for granted but a Ukraine win would be an upset on par with Switzerland over France.

 

[Havre]

No doubt that England will have an advantage compared to Sweden in that they can sub on people like Grealish in the last 30 mins to hurt a tiring Ukraine.

I would be shocked if England don't win this, but I´m not sure if England are any better than Italy and Ukraine any worse than Austria. So clearly not a walkover.

 

[al secord]

No doubt that England will have an advantage compared to Sweden in that they can sub on people like Grealish in the last 30 mins to hurt a tiring Ukraine.

I would be shocked if England don't win this, but I´m not sure if England are any better than Italy and Ukraine any worse than Austria. So clearly not a walkover.

Definitely no walkover. This will be a tight one.

 

[gary69]

Will there be any Ukraine fans here? I suppose quite a few English fans will travel here, if they're allowed without excessive quarantine rules in either direction. Italy is on UK's amber countries list at the moment, not sure what are Italy's rules regarding British.

 

[All Mod Cons]

Commence the trolling of England

 

[Eye of Ra]

english people are terrified of sweden. look at historical results beetween sweden and england, sweden always played good against england.

for ukraines sake, they have to start malinovisky, why on earth did he start on the bench today.

 

[N o o d l e s]

english people are terrified of sweden. look at historical results beetween sweden and england, sweden always played good against england.

for ukraines sake, they have to start malinovisky, why on earth did he start on the bench today.

Weird right? I wondered the same

 

[Your old Jofa helmet]

english people are terrified of sweden. look at historical results beetween sweden and england, sweden always played good against england.

for ukraines sake, they have to start malinovisky, why on earth did he start on the bench today.

And even when he starts, Sheva does not use him at his best position. He is miles ahead of anyone in our squad in terms of creativity and thinking. And he has a lethal shot. But instead he is asked to play as a winger or stripped of his creativity. And then when he had a bad game with Austria (as the entire team) he is left on the bench.

And I really doubt his best skills will be used again against England. I do not see anything other than entire team defending and playing for penalties. God help us.

 

[Incubajerks]

Will there be any Ukraine fans here? I suppose quite a few English fans will travel here, if they're allowed without excessive quarantine rules in either direction. Italy is on UK's amber countries list at the moment, not sure what are Italy's rules regarding British.

5 days of quarantine, in any case no tickets will be sold in England, those who want to see the game must already be in Italy. This is what I understand.

 

[Mount Suribachi]

It will be a sure carnage against England. We got no chance but we already exceeded our own expectations for this tourney.

Yarmolenko was barely alive by the end and Stepanenko can only play every other game. And obviously Besedin is now gone for a long time. It will be the biggest bus ever parked by Ukraine. But we obviously could not care less

I was going to say, what is Ukraine's injury situation? Guys were dropping like flies yesterday.

I wonder (hope?) if Southgate will drop one of Rice/Phillip's for Henderson. Both are on a yellow card and we're pretty thin on CMs since Southgate decided to use all his slots on RBs

 

[Ceremony]

People will immediately rule Ukraine out, and fair play to that because it's hard to disagree. But England are playing away from home here and will have a disruption in their pre-match for the first time because of that. So we'll see what happens.

I think you need to stop saying the obviously terrible underdogs have a chance to beat England tbqh

 

[cgf]

I think you need to stop the obviously terrible underdogs have a chance to beat England tbqh

I heard this same s*** when I said that Austria & Switzerland could cause Italy & France problems if they brought their A-games

England should absolutely win & I expect them to, but the Ukrainians can be an annoying opponent...with enough talent to upset a sleep-walking top team.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Expecting England to go back to a 4-2-3-1 and Mount to come back in.

 

[gary69]

5 days of quarantine, in any case no tickets will be sold in England, those who want to see the game must already be in Italy. This is what I understand.

Yeah, thanks. Although many English already have tickets to Rome, so it remains to be seen what they come up with. There are exceptions for the 5 days, for example if you only transit through Italy and leave within 36 hours. Maybe they can book a non-direct flight from London to some place X, which lands in Rome.

Also any English already within EU can enter Italy without quarantine, so the UK embassy in Rome is selling what's left of the English quota of tickets.

England fans with tickets to quarter final clash blast Italy's five-day quarantine rules | Daily Mail Online

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

I do think there's a bit of a dangerous "Mission Accomplished" vibe to England now. All that talk of overcoming 55 years of hurt...as if that was just about Germany. Germany may have ended two of England's best shots at the semifinal stage, but England had plenty of underachieving moments in which Germany was not involved in. Could be a danger that with Germany out of the way, England now think they're pretty much guaranteed the Final at least..when they of course still have 2 games to play and win before getting there.

 

[member 305909]

If England end up winning the whole tournament we will hear about it for next at least 50 years which is not the case with any other of the remaining countries so let's hope for any other team than England winning.

 

[AB13]

It really seems fashionable to hate England and call their fans arrogant based on nothing. Kind of gives me a reason to like them. This "England are perennial underachievers" narrative is also a bit exaggerated.

 

[Incubajerks]

If England end up winning the whole tournament we will hear about it for next at least 50 years which is not the case with any other of the remaining countries so let's hope for any other team than England winning.

I didn't think about that....

 

[Incubajerks]

It really seems fashionable to hate England and call their fans arrogant based on nothing. Kind of gives me a reason to like them. This "England are perennial underachievers" narrative is also a bit exaggerated.

I, or at least in my case, I think it is because they believe they are the center of the football universe when reality is completely different. It is very funny that they have never won anything, but it is certainly not a coincidence. In some ways they are a bit reminiscent of a certain hockey team .btw of course they are arrogant, not France level obviously..