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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why no one comments on  goalkeepers performance? One of them saved PKs while the other one failed? [/quote]

Because the one that saved three saved three horribly taken penalties[/quote]

And goalkeepers saving penalties involves a lot of luck. They have to guess which way to dive; they can learn a player's trends and make an educated guess, but at the end of the day it's a guess all the same. Gianluigi Donnarumma is an excellent goalkeeper (hence why UEFA named him Player of the Tournament) but England's loss had zero to do with any fault by Jordan Pickford.

Southgate's decision to sub on Sancho and Rashford in the last minute and have them take penalties basically cold is inexplicable, as is the decision to make 19-year-old Bukayo Saka take the match-deciding penalty. I hate Jose Mourinho but he is absolutely right and echoing what many others are saying: you do not put a teenager in that position of crushing pressure. It's not fair to anyone. It should have been Grealish or literally anyone else.

And England lost this match by parking the bus for 118 minutes. They scored early and then rested on their laurels. You can't do that with a team like Italy. [/quote]

Italy's goal is a massive beast though.  6'5", thick and tall with raquetball-raquet size hands.  He had 4 inches on Pickford.  Pickford is great, but when skill is fairly equal in goal---size is going to matter.[/quote]

Even England was worried pre-game if it went to penalties. They felt they were the weaker team in that area.[/quote]

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