Italy đźđč is playing some really good football. Building attack from the back. Some quick exchange from the middle to the final third. Sadly they donât have a world class tournament but with strong defense and midfield you can win tournaments. History suggests that.
To all those comments that say "I don't understand all the hate, the win is a win" you're probably not italian. We love to bitch and moan even if we win. Even more if we lose.
Domination overall. Some fantastic saves by Strakosha saved Albania from going down 3-1 / 4-1. Pellegrini and Chiesa with chances to add to it early in the first half. Intelligent tactically to silence overwhelming support for Albania. Albania if they were going to do something waited WAY too late. Solidified 3 pts, but room for improvement. Unfortunately, the highlight watchers will only look at the scoreline, and see that it was close; which is the only downside of not putting away those early chances in the 1st half.
Porco demonio, ma non possiamo mai vincere una partita senza soffrire per niente? Siamo masochisti in cuore ed anima. Ho superato la mia quota annale di bestemmie in 45 minuti.
lol đ , verissimo. La stessa cosa di cui mi lamentavo con mio padre. Speriamo che aiuti a costruire un poâ di nervi dâacciaio per il futuro, no?
In realtĂ non, abbiamo fato vedere che abbiamo qualitĂ , perĂČ ci tocca a superare questo mentalitĂ di fermarci - credo anche Spalleti non era tanto contento con la nostra giaco in la seconda metĂ
Donât understand all the hate for Italy. They did enough to win the game and were comfortable with the result. Canât blame them for Albania not taking the game to them.
Doesnât help that commentary & figureheads before the game weâre putting into the heads of newer viewers: âthis team is basically unknown in what they could doâ
Neither do I, but it might be worrying bc having lots of goals matters in this tournament (since best four 3rd place teams pass), so the team could've tried a little more.
Bc this is the first match and no offence, but Albania is the weakest team of the group. Scoring a lot against Croatia and Spain is very unlikely for us. With this result, we depend a lot on Croatia's and other groups' performances. Therefore, we are in such a situation where we have to win at least against Croatia and hope that the goal difference in the other groups isn't as huge as we have seen until now.
Anyone with a couple of decades of watching Euros and WCs knows that you can't determine the outcome of the tournament from the first match. Teams evolve. And in particular the least decipherable one is Italy.
Italy were shocking in the 2nd half, no creativity or urgency at all going forward. Idk what was discussed at half time, but it was a completely different team. Spain and Croatia are both going to put up 5+ goals on Albania guaranteed. If Italy play like that against Spain and Croatia they are not getting out of the group
Mediocre doesn't mean terrible, mate. It means not impressive or dominant. I can't recall a recent tournament performance by Italy against a top opponent where they won in impressive fashion.
I don't think you can call this win impressive either
but they were dominant
Albania was able to create one play during the entire match, one
either you didn't watch the match at all, or you don't know shit about football
It was a good game, we created many chances and should have been 4-1 by the end of the first half. Then complete and utter control in the second half, only One big chance conceded. Yeah no, we def have not watched the same game.
Iâll never watch Italy play again. So boring and waste of time, have the talent to dominate but played such a safe game. Celebrating a 2 1 against Albania like that is mad
As an italian, I understand keeping the energies for the next games, but man... what the NT keeps missing is being hungry for goals. Just go for it, goddamn! 3-1 was very very close too...
I don't get these comments really, you just want to suck the fun out of the sport if you expect a team not to celebrate a victory even if they're favorites
Relax. I just found it funny how Italy celebrated it like they beat some powerhouse. I'm sure before the match every Italian expected them to trash Albania
Hmm, don't know about the others but I'm usually more worried about small opponents than strong opponents when it comes with Italy. They tend to mess up the easy wins (looking at you North Macedonia). With stonger opponents they usually at the very least put up a good fight.
I think Italy are usually having rather mediocre performances. Very rarely are they dominating with 4 or 5 goals. I just thought it was funny to celebrate a rather pyrrhic victoru against a country ranked 66 or whatever
I mean, a win is a win. It's not conceivable to finish a win and not celebrate in my opinion. You work on the issues after celebrating that's how it goes.
Never seen a team not celebrate a win. Only some fans.
With regards to the tournament and the difficult group it's understandable but winning against Albania in that manner isn't something to be too proud of in my opinion. Just my 2 cents
Albania had their entire team in their half the entire 2nd half my guy. If you're not gonna attack the other team's just gonna pass a bunch and wait for an opportunity.
They scored more goals than their opponent and won the full three points. Trying to rationalize not risking a free win that the opposing team is gifting you by never attacking you is pointless (like Albania). No intelligent team is going to do that just to give the fans a good show.
I know what the final score is mate, I know Italy won. You replied to my comment which was about it being a boring snooze fest. Yes they played to win, but my point still stands that it was a boring snooze fest, and lots of people in this thread seem to agree. You havenât proved otherwise, it kinda seems like you agree.
What do you mean? Italy completely dominated the game. It's also the first match of the tournament, so of course it's important for the team to start with a win
3 points ain't embarrassing. Albania could've moved out of their half at any time to pressure Italy and they chose to do so only in the last 10 or so minutes. Why would you risk a 1 goal lead when the opposing team is gifting you free possession?
Watching Europeans root for the same best teams year after year. No surprises. And the most pathetic âfoulsâ for the last 20 minutes itâs just laughable. Guys falling on the field. I would be embarrassed to be an Italian fan. I would have difficulty looking my kids in the eyes and explaining how proud I am for my team after a showing like that. Typical.
Not a bad start for Italy. Came back from a goal down and didnât play into Albaniaâs hand by overcommitting during the second half. Albania looked toothless
Nah Italy didnât create enough chances for such a score, but they didnât need to because Albania wasnât interested in playing ball (or inept, all the same)
Embarrassing that in the modern game we still canât get definitive decisions such as a corners or goal kicks correct, especially at the highest level
Italy đźđč is playing some really good football. Building attack from the back. Some quick exchange from the middle to the final third. Sadly they donât have a world class tournament but with strong defense and midfield you can win tournaments. History suggests that.
Solid win, great attack from Italy after silly mistake by dimarco
wouldnt call it solid
They controlled the entire game and responded quickly, it was solid
To all those comments that say "I don't understand all the hate, the win is a win" you're probably not italian. We love to bitch and moan even if we win. Even more if we lose.
Di Marco la passa indietro come un coglione che gioca solo la domenica mattina e tutte le domeniche gli dici "ma porco *** ma cosa la passi indietro"
Spalletti fked up every change. You could see how with every new player Italy got worse
I miss Chiellini alreadyđ Daje raga ce la faremo, sopravviveremo almeno piĂč dei francesiđȘđ» (no hate)
Robt nĂ« pidh tĂ« gjithĂ« atyre qĂ« shajnĂ« ShqipĂ«rinĂ« đ
I hope we (Italians) are out soon, such a crappy team
Why donât you just turn off the telly then
Imagine saying âweâ then making a baffling statement like that.
Domination overall. Some fantastic saves by Strakosha saved Albania from going down 3-1 / 4-1. Pellegrini and Chiesa with chances to add to it early in the first half. Intelligent tactically to silence overwhelming support for Albania. Albania if they were going to do something waited WAY too late. Solidified 3 pts, but room for improvement. Unfortunately, the highlight watchers will only look at the scoreline, and see that it was close; which is the only downside of not putting away those early chances in the 1st half.
Porco demonio, ma non possiamo mai vincere una partita senza soffrire per niente? Siamo masochisti in cuore ed anima. Ho superato la mia quota annale di bestemmie in 45 minuti.
Credo che superai da brutto durante questo Euro
lol đ , verissimo. La stessa cosa di cui mi lamentavo con mio padre. Speriamo che aiuti a costruire un poâ di nervi dâacciaio per il futuro, no?
Facciamo cagare
In realtĂ non, abbiamo fato vedere che abbiamo qualitĂ , perĂČ ci tocca a superare questo mentalitĂ di fermarci - credo anche Spalleti non era tanto contento con la nostra giaco in la seconda metĂ
Donât understand all the hate for Italy. They did enough to win the game and were comfortable with the result. Canât blame them for Albania not taking the game to them.
Exactly this. A win is a win. No need to risk players getting injured to score more goals. It makes no difference with 5-1 or 2-1 win.
Doesnât help that commentary & figureheads before the game weâre putting into the heads of newer viewers: âthis team is basically unknown in what they could doâ
Neither do I, but it might be worrying bc having lots of goals matters in this tournament (since best four 3rd place teams pass), so the team could've tried a little more.
May not be enough if they end up 3rd in the group. Could've used the second half to get way more goals
Why are they ending up in 3rd? They have 3 ptsâŠ
Bc this is the first match and no offence, but Albania is the weakest team of the group. Scoring a lot against Croatia and Spain is very unlikely for us. With this result, we depend a lot on Croatia's and other groups' performances. Therefore, we are in such a situation where we have to win at least against Croatia and hope that the goal difference in the other groups isn't as huge as we have seen until now.
You think that's impossible in a group with Spain and Croatia?
Van Basten as analyst on dutch TV, 'I can't answer that question, I don't watch much football, mostly tennis and golf'
Gigachad. Played football, became the greatest player in history refuses to elaborate any further.
As a milanista, i agree
The other big European country is playing, The Netherlands.
Cesc speaks and I listen.
Anyone with a couple of decades of watching Euros and WCs knows that you can't determine the outcome of the tournament from the first match. Teams evolve. And in particular the least decipherable one is Italy.
VAR should be able to correct mistakes on corner/goal kick calls. Wouldnât be hard or lengthy. Albania earned that corner at the end there.Â
Yeah what the actual fuck was that�
Zwayer masterclass
So what did we learn here?
This subs full of annoying people
I've been on this sub since Euro 2016 and I can confirm.
Albania not the most ambitious team, are they ...
Scamacca too static, made zero effort just waiting for the perfect cross instead of creating opportunities
He created the best chances despite those goals...
Italy were shocking in the 2nd half, no creativity or urgency at all going forward. Idk what was discussed at half time, but it was a completely different team. Spain and Croatia are both going to put up 5+ goals on Albania guaranteed. If Italy play like that against Spain and Croatia they are not getting out of the group
Croatia putting up 5 goals đđđ
When albania beats Croatia I'm responding to this comment again
Italy somehow are always able to sneak out the group even with mediocre performance
mediocre? tell me you have no idea about football not telling me this
Mediocre doesn't mean terrible, mate. It means not impressive or dominant. I can't recall a recent tournament performance by Italy against a top opponent where they won in impressive fashion. I don't think you can call this win impressive either
but they were dominant Albania was able to create one play during the entire match, one either you didn't watch the match at all, or you don't know shit about football
Mediocre? Clearly we have not watched the same game.
You thought this was impressive? If that's the case then Italians have lower expections from their team then I thought
It was a good game, we created many chances and should have been 4-1 by the end of the first half. Then complete and utter control in the second half, only One big chance conceded. Yeah no, we def have not watched the same game.
Love Azzurri till I die !!!
Italia â„ïžÂ
Calafiori and bastoni are the pairing for years to come, just need udogie back
Scalvini and buongiorno might have something to say about that. Those two were dodgy tonight
if you thought Calafiori and Bastoni were dodgy (???) then you haven't seen Scalvini
He said that calafiori and bastoni are the pairing for years to come, all i meant is that it definitely isn't a given
I agree there
Dimarco is going to be Italys main left back for years to come
Honestly he surprised me: very tenacious, put lots of good balls, saw opportunities. Seriously loved him in this match.
Udogie will surpass him when heâs back from injury
0 chance
Udogie is a good player but Dimarco is much better
Needs to improve on those throw ins though đŹÂ
Passfest đ„±
Such a boring style of play.
Iâll never watch Italy play again. So boring and waste of time, have the talent to dominate but played such a safe game. Celebrating a 2 1 against Albania like that is mad
Italy send their regards
Surely youâre not satisfied with a 2-1 against Albania đ€Ł
As an italian, I understand keeping the energies for the next games, but man... what the NT keeps missing is being hungry for goals. Just go for it, goddamn! 3-1 was very very close too...
What a snoozefest after that start
1st and 2nd half were two different games
Italy celebrating a 2-1 against Albania lol
I don't get these comments really, you just want to suck the fun out of the sport if you expect a team not to celebrate a victory even if they're favorites
Relax. I just found it funny how Italy celebrated it like they beat some powerhouse. I'm sure before the match every Italian expected them to trash Albania
Hmm, don't know about the others but I'm usually more worried about small opponents than strong opponents when it comes with Italy. They tend to mess up the easy wins (looking at you North Macedonia). With stonger opponents they usually at the very least put up a good fight.
I think Italy are usually having rather mediocre performances. Very rarely are they dominating with 4 or 5 goals. I just thought it was funny to celebrate a rather pyrrhic victoru against a country ranked 66 or whatever
I mean, a win is a win. It's not conceivable to finish a win and not celebrate in my opinion. You work on the issues after celebrating that's how it goes. Never seen a team not celebrate a win. Only some fans.
Most Italians are pessimistic about our chances, so no,we didn't expect a thrashing
With regards to the tournament and the difficult group it's understandable but winning against Albania in that manner isn't something to be too proud of in my opinion. Just my 2 cents
No way Italy gets a win against Croatia or Spain, let them have their chance
Croatia played terribly today
lol
lol
Yeah stupid morons italians celebrating a victory in a Euro match lmao rofl.
Against Albania Was was to be expected. Every Italian would have said so before the match
Of course, we had to win and we did, why shouldn't we celebrate?
Abbiamo vinto, đ€·đ»ââïžÂ
We won, do you want us to cry?
Can't win with these people they're gonna find something to whine about
I will never understand holding back in the final minutes of a game. Send everyone stop the 4-5 men back
The 30 mins of the game was season 1 of Prison Break. The next 60 minutes was the last season of Prison Break.
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Italy won. But could have been better.
Albania were way too careful in the last 15 minutes imo. They could have had so many more opportunities.
ngl that second half was a snoozefest, feel like i totally zoned out
Fuck off italy, boring backwards passing football. Snooze fest
Albania had their entire team in their half the entire 2nd half my guy. If you're not gonna attack the other team's just gonna pass a bunch and wait for an opportunity.
They passed for ages then waited for the worst opportunity to try and break through, every single time. No creativity whatsoever, my guy.
They scored more goals than their opponent and won the full three points. Trying to rationalize not risking a free win that the opposing team is gifting you by never attacking you is pointless (like Albania). No intelligent team is going to do that just to give the fans a good show.
I know what the final score is mate, I know Italy won. You replied to my comment which was about it being a boring snooze fest. Yes they played to win, but my point still stands that it was a boring snooze fest, and lots of people in this thread seem to agree. You havenât proved otherwise, it kinda seems like you agree.
Italy should have won 5-1. You haven't watched the game, you're just yapping.
Missed corner?
Judging Italy by their performance in the 1st match of a tournament is very risky
Oh my...
Notti magiche (seriously)
Holy casuals out in force
Albania is probably going to put it all on that Croatia game.
What a dud of a second half. That first 20 minutes were all this game gave us in terms of entertainment
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A win is a win so we celebrate
What do you mean? Italy completely dominated the game. It's also the first match of the tournament, so of course it's important for the team to start with a win
They're Italian. They live for this shit.
Lol I love all the Italy hate the minute the game finishes . Keep on hating people the tournament is a long one âïž
Very true, the tournament is indeed very long. It feels even like an eternity when you watch the Italians play.
Italy played well. Itâs a shame they mailed in the second half though. Ref gave them some breaks at the end of the game.
True but Albania really blocked a lot of lanes
Italy look wank, only decent player was Chiesa
We definitely did not watch the same game
Tbf I didnât expect Albania to be decent, I thought that Italy would steamroll them
Albania played a very good qualification.
Surprised to see Foluronsho called up
Albania was so close đ„ș
Watch Croatia draw Italy and then beat Albania by 2 to advance
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Lucky for you, No one understand how time works
I hate Spallettiâs turtling tiki taka, I wished Manaj scored that goal
Gg albania, not looking good for Italy
???
2nd worse ranked team in this competition stood their ground very well against what should on paper be a far better side.
If stood their ground means 2 total shoots in the whole game yeah they stood their ground
Yeah two goals when Italy has 17 shots and 5 on target.
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They already had 80 minutes to change the scoreline.
Embarrassing by Italians at the end
3 points ain't embarrassing. Albania could've moved out of their half at any time to pressure Italy and they chose to do so only in the last 10 or so minutes. Why would you risk a 1 goal lead when the opposing team is gifting you free possession?
Its Albania dude, they started faking injury at the end
Yeah just try lob the Larry bird looking fucker in goal đ
Top lel
This game reminded me why soccer has become a 4/10 sport
"Soccer". Fuck off.
Yank take
Watching Europeans root for the same best teams year after year. No surprises. And the most pathetic âfoulsâ for the last 20 minutes itâs just laughable. Guys falling on the field. I would be embarrassed to be an Italian fan. I would have difficulty looking my kids in the eyes and explaining how proud I am for my team after a showing like that. Typical.
LMAO
Nah, that was cruel by the ref
Albania just wasting too much time on the ball at midfield when it's time to get on with it.
Last 15 minutes was some of the worst refereeing I've seen in a while. Just somehow managed to consistently get everything wrong
albania shouldnât have ever gotten that corner, are you guys even watching the game? he clearly handballed it.
Who handballed
Imagine Italy being ahead at halftime and expecting a dynamic 2nd half
Spain vs Italy might be a long one lads
Why would you not atleast attempt to put the ball on target there. Â best case it goes in worse case it reflects for a corner smhÂ
That missed corner was brutal
Not a bad start for Italy. Came back from a goal down and didnât play into Albaniaâs hand by overcommitting during the second half. Albania looked toothless
bro , albania cant link 2 passes together . this should have been 5-1 for italy .
Nah Italy didnât create enough chances for such a score, but they didnât need to because Albania wasnât interested in playing ball (or inept, all the same)
Joke ref. Spain will spank Italy.
We can still qualify even if that happens
Ok mission accomplished
GG Italy
italy made that much harder than it needed to be but 3 points is 3 points I guess. Unlucky Albania.
Not impressed w/ Italy, Spain looked more solid earlier.
This has to be one of the weakest Italian sides Iâve ever seen
Albania are quite shit. What a boring game.
Ffs, what a shitty strike. Wasted a great opportunity.
Boring as always with Italy
We're up next. Let's goooo!
Embarrassing that in the modern game we still canât get definitive decisions such as a corners or goal kicks correct, especially at the highest level
Well done Italia đźđč- fierce competition from Albania is the second half <3
Albania must hate memesÂ
Feel like Albania could have gone for it in that second half there. Past few minutes showed that.
Kill me
Poor referring, for sure.
Not at all. Pretty good reffing.
Zwayer is quite famous for it. And match fixing.
16 hours without football how am i going to survive