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Originally Posted by Mick
Italy’s performance was dire. England’s was not great either. It should have been 3-1 to Italy, but England’s Defensive abilities shone through, the cheating fouling by Italy was a disgrace, they had quite a few given yellow cards and one of them should have been a straight red when Saka had the back of his neck shirt pulled, for this, they didn’t deserve to win at all.
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That foul on Saka wasn't a red as Chiellini wasn't the last man.
It was a textbook tactical foul. It was a dangerous situation, Saka is fast and you're on the wrong side of him so take him down and take the yellow. Happens all the time and had the situations been reversed I would want us to do the same and we almost certainly would.
It is cynical but you need a bit of cynicism in football.
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Originally Posted by Russ
The players taking their medals off is exactly the kind of reason the rest of the UK finds it hard to support England.
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Oh come on that happens all the time in finals. That 2nd place medal in finals is always a horrible moment for the losing side and they frequently take them off.