I guess I should be careful what I wish for, ugghh
3 young players in a row, tough for them.
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Tough to come straight off the bench and take PKs. Lots of untapped adrenaline.
Great game. Time for a Brexit joke.
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Felt so bad for them; good game
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I’m gutted as is DW.
Very upsetting to see the verbal backlash and racial abuse the last 3 black players to shoot have had to endure. What is wrong with people.
Shoot outs are the best and the worst of soccer. As a goalie mom for years, it is so hard to see a game come down to shoot outs. Especially after a low scoring game where the goalie has already clearly saved point after point, shot after shot. I always told my son - your gig is stopping goals but also in order to win your teammates need to score goals!
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Both goalkeepers were phenomenal. My son (the soccer expert) says amy team whose gk makes 2 penalty saves could expect to win.
Also, that players volunteer to take PKs, but Southgate shouldn’t have let those 3 young players, especially Saka, who hasn’t ever taken a penalty kick in a game.
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I agree. And now I’m annoyed. Why did England sit back after their goal? They should have been more aggressive. There was no way Italy wasn t going to get at least one goal.
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And Southgate took the blame. But here’s his quote after the game:
The better match by far was the Copa Final on Saturday night. That was an awesome and crazy game with action all over the pitch. About as close to a hockey game as a soccer match can come. And Messi, the best player in the world, finally got his first win in an Argentinian uniform, in Brazil no less, after 9 losses. They were throwing him into the air after the match.
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Agreed, that match was not lost in the penalty kicks; it was lost after the first goal.
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