Euro: QF: Germany vs. Italy, 7/2/2016

[Jussi]

Poor Darmian...damn.

As soon as I saw him steppin up, I knew he'd miss. United players seem to carry their club misses everywhere. Though Rooney did score in the tournament...

 

[Evilo]

Pelle taunted Neuer. Just for that, he deserved to shoot wide.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

If I was the manager of someone who took a penalty like Zaza I think I would have run up the pitch and kicked him. Watching him doing those steps was surreal.

He's gonna get so much **** for that, and rightfully so.

 

[Live in the Now]

Yeah, I noticed that. He called Neuer a diver

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Pelle taunted Neuer. Just for that, he deserved to shoot wide.

That might have been the worst attempt I've ever seen.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

That might have been the worst attempt I've ever seen.

Zaza's was worse just because of the run-up

 

[Luigi Habs]

Zaza's was worse just because of the run-up

And because Conte subbed him in with few seconds remaining for the sole reason of shooting the penalty

 

[Just Win]

Pelle taunted Neuer. Just for that, he deserved to shoot wide.

Yeah, that was hilarious. What an idiot.

 

[GKJ]

 

[Ceremony]

Nothing wrong with a bit of gamesmanship during penalties, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often:

 

[serp]

Nothing wrong with a bit of gamesmanship during penalties, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often:

Until you miss and you immidiatly become the village idiot.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

someone should sync up today's penalty shoot out with this

 

[Fighter]

One plays TWO SECONDS of the match, does a pathetic pseudo-dance before kicking the penalty to Mars, another taunts the opposing goalkeeper before the decisive penalty, then misses by two metres. I'm laughing hysterically, these primadonnas NEVER let me down!

 

[Deficient Mode]

Not sure with the kind of tactics Low used today. Also with Khedira and Hummels probably out of the SF. Schweinsteiger won't be able to play like he did today.

Löw won't use the same tactics vs. France. I mean, the tactics themselves weren't awful in principle, it was just some small things in the way he implemented those tactics that nearly derailed the campaign, plus the player selections. Interesting how in some ways Löw and Conte mirrored each other in this match. 3-5-2/5-3-2 with neither team really opting for any technical dribblers until late when Draxler and Insigne came on.

No point in making any predictions until we see which French players if any get suspensions due to UEFA's idiotic rule. Though I guess Kante already picking up his second card before France's cupcake QF opponent was a blessing in disguise. Koscielny, Giroud, and Gignac (lol) are still at risk though.

 

[Suiteness]

This should have ended 1-0 but Boateng figured football should be played with your hands up in the air.

Two best teams in the tournament imo, and the better team won. But Italy definitely had the chance to bury them in the shootout but choked on attempt 4 and 5.

If Messi is the new standard for horrible misses, than Bastian had a Messi moment in there. Thankfully for him, Germany won in the end.

 

[Shrimper]

Some say Zaza is still running.

That was terrible. Deserved to miss for that, at least he isn't the reason they lost though so he will be grateful for that at least.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

 

[Power Man]

Antonio Conte before Euro :

"Zaza will do something huge for us"

True Story

 

[Deficient Mode]

Neuer and Buffon were both excellent in the shootout despite a few awful shots on both sides. One of the few positive parts of the match I think.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Disappointed by the outcome, but awesome game.

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

Holy crap that game was stressful

 

[Virtanen18]

Love when players miss after doing stupid run-ups.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

What a match. Shame this wasn't the final.

 

[Power Man]

4 of the 5 penalty bottlers play in the EPL...

 

[Power Man]