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Group E - Belgium, Italy, Republic of Ireland, Sweden

Which teams will qualify from this pool?


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Have to say that Italy completely dominating a team with much better individuals bodes well for Chelsea next season.
 

Cabinet96

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Apparently he doesn't actually like 3 at the back he's just done it at Juve/Italy because of the players he's had available
 

sledger

Spanish_Vicente
Have to say that Italy completely dominating a team with much better individuals bodes well for Chelsea next season.
Belgium have been pretty tepid though tbh. They continue to strike me as a group of individuals rather than a proper team, just bereft of any collective strategy. I remember thinking this two years ago during the WC, and wondered if they might have got it together a bit in the intervening period, but so far it seems like it's just more of the same.

Edit: Not meaning to take anything away from Italy of course - they've been pretty good, and fun to watch too.
 

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Tell you what, I wouldn't mind Arsenal throwing in a cheeky bid for Barzagli. Great player.
The back three are all world class, but I don't think I can remember the last world-class Italian to leave Italy at their peak.

Forgot Carrasco is on the bench for Belgium, this is even worse than I thought. De Bruyne played out of position to get Fellaini in at 10 and Carrasco out, that's incredible. The team picks itself and he picks a totally different one.
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
The back three are all world class, but I don't think I can remember the last world-class Italian to leave Italy at their peak.

Forgot Carrasco is on the bench for Belgium, this is even worse than I thought. De Bruyne played out of position to get Fellaini in at 10 and Carrasco out, that's incredible. The team picks itself and he picks a totally different one.
Lorenzo Amoruso.
 

sledger

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Barzagli has been really good for years. Probably better now than he ever has been previously, but it's weird how he's only recently been getting mainstream recognition.
 

Scaly piscine

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Third stoppage time goal I've seen and third time the game has ended virtually dead on the 'minimum stoppage time' (which has been 3 minutes every time).
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
Ooft. What a counter.

What a very Italian performance, kept Belgium completely at arms length. Aside from France I reckon that's easily been the most impressive performance of the tournament so far.
 

sledger

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Yeah, great job Italy. Great performance. Belgium really pedestrian.

For once I agree with the BBC pundits entirely. One side played like a team, the other just played like a bunch of headless chickens. Very disappointing really - was hoping Belgium might really be good.
 

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