Quarterfinal: Belgium v Italy (in Munich, Germany)

[Magrat Garlick]

Kickoff 2 July, 21.00 local/8pm BST

H2H (competitive): Belgium 1, draw 2, Italy 3
Euro history: Belgium finalists 1980, semifinals 1972; Italy champions 1968, finalists 2000, 2012

Winner plays winner of Switzerland v Spain in Cursed FA Lair of Doom, London

 

[GIMH]

Could be game of the tournament this

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

italy to wrap this without kdb

 

[Furball]

Stop picking Verratti ffs.

 

[Furball]

I'm really enjoying the way the Italian centre backs are just throwing Lukaku around.

 

[Furball]

Ooft. What a goal.

 

[sledger]

The "untested" Italy attack looking pretty decent again

 

[sledger]

"I think the referee has just about got that right"

He barged him in the back ffs!

 

[Furball]

Doku must weight about 4kg given how much he flew from such minimal contact.

I doubt VAR would have asked the referee to check that if it wasn't given.

Never a penalty for me.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

should be interesting second half

 

[Uppercut]

Doku must weight about 4kg given how much he flew from such minimal contact.

I doubt VAR would have asked the referee to check that if it wasn't given.

Never a penalty for me.

Yeah very soft. Really comes down to whether the nudge was in the side or in the back and it’s side for me.

 

[andruid]

Booty blocked!?

 

[andruid]

Feel like there is another goal in this

 

[Uppercut]

Doku’s ceiling is absolutely obscene. Hopefully Guardiola never gets a hold of him for City.

 

[Furball]

Immobile was utter garbage tonight, will be interesting to see if Mancini sticks with him.

 

[Furball]

Outstanding game management from the Italians. The big cliche is that 'you always get one chance' but Belgium created very little in the last 10 minutes.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

that ball that went across the goalmouth in the 70-oddth minute was Belgium's chance and from then on their coffin was nailed shut

Siam pronti alla morte / l'Italia chiamò

 

[Pothas]

Yeah very soft. Really comes down to whether the nudge was in the side or in the back and it’s side for me.

Yeah sort of a foul but really should not be a penalty. It is the one of the least satisfactory things about football. They should make the penalty box smaller or something.

 

[GIMH]

Yeah sort of a foul but really should not be a penalty. It is the one of the least satisfactory things about football. They should make the penalty box smaller or something.

Give more indirect free kicks in the box, like they used to for obstruction

 

[Pothas]

Yeah quite a few people have said free kicks. Just think there would be such a mess about what would be enough for a penalty.

Indirect free kicks in the box are great though.