Nico Williams was class 🤌🤌🤌

Spains counter pressing today was fantastic reminded me of a pep barca team immediately winning back possession. Great game from cucurella and a world class performance by fabian ruiz. If this team can stay healthy they can win everything

Italy played like they were scared, the passing was terrible and they couldn’t get spain off of them and they looked frantic the whole time.

As an Italian, well done Spain. Great team and nation. You deserved to win by 4 goals. We were rubbish. Bravoooo Espagnia x

Apologies to the Danes. We absolutely robbed you. We did not deserve anything from that game.

I was at the stadium for Spain-Italy game and Spain looked amazing, so much fun watching them lineup and pay beautiful possession. They look unbeatable

They brought Gigi Buffon instead of Gigi Donnarumma for this one. He was absolute class...which is not a good thing for one to say about any team. Donnarumma kept it from being another Euro 2012 final

Nico Williams is so good his older brother had to change nationalities

England is frustrating to watch given the talent on the squad

Spain not scoring was very unexpected with how the match went down

You can't judge Italy's performance unless you know what their gambling bets were.

I think the Italian goal keeper can hold his head high Spain could have won by way more but his goal keeping was world class

Southgate taking off Trent who loves to play through balls to players running behind only to put on players who like to run in behind has to be the most Southgate thing ever.

Spain have really surprised me. They have a great midfield and their wingers are great 1v1 threats. Never seen Nico Williams play until this Euro but man is he electric. Had Di Lorenzo in a blender especially in that first half

I guess Spalletti's ban on PS5 didn't work 😂

The kind of football that Spain does play has been invented by Dutch Ajax coach Michels in the '60s.. Cruijff refined this kind of total football at Barcelona, ​​and Pep Guardiola has given it an even more modern look. It is great to see the spirit of Rinus Michels live on in modern day football. ... Although being it sad that the Dutch abandoned the kind of football that made them popular... It is great to see Spain playing this way. ❤

Italy was pathetic today, one of our worst performances ever. Zero shots on target, embarassing midfield and Di Lorenzo got dribbled like 15 times. Luckily we have donnarumma to save our ass from embarassement. I also don't understand Spaletti, he clearly selected players for a 3-5-2 formation, yet we keep playing a formation that wasn't tested until one week before the euros with players out of position. Hopefully we can turn things around, but right now that looks impossible to me

Italy was embarassing to watch

spain plays SO well, wonderful to watch. italian defense was resilient but clearly inferior to spain.

How quickly time changes, from Italy's strongest weapon in the Euros just three years ago being the midfield, as it was absolutely stacked, now its a shadow of its former self, with only 2 players left from that midfield still around (hopefully by the WC Locatelli and Tonali re-bounce so we can see them in that lineup to fix the midfield)

Italian players keep dropping in the first half for no reason just so the referee blow the whistle, so the pressure can be off them! 😭😂😅

I don't know what you are on Rabona. No offense, but I saw Bellingham trip himself up more than I saw him be effective on the ball. He and Rice not only did not make effective passes, but they always ran away from the ball

Spain created great chances, but I found their finishing overall to be unimpressive. Donnarumma didn’t seem overly challenged though there were a few shots that he had to work to stop.

I was wondering why we left all our young offensive talent off the team. Now I know; Italy doesn't plan on playing any offense at all.

Love your content! Appreciate the hustle and dedication to knocking these out!

Italy should’ve called up Locatelli and maybe even Verratti both are better than Cristante. Defense is a mess idk why he insists on a back 4 when DiLorenzo is bad and DiMarco isn’t good in a back 4. Should be a back 5 like Inter with Cambiaso/Bellanova on the right; Bastoni, Darmian, Calafiori/Buongiorno as 3 CBs; and DiMarco on the left

I'm disappointed in the Italian performance, they seem to not trust Scamacca upfront really. Not putting the ball in the box often enough. England team looks anxious af.

A question I ask myself for quite a few years: Why do so many national teams have utter garbage coaches? Southgate, Koeman, Roberto Martinez, Santos for many years and so on. No Top 20 club in europe would give any of these guys a Chance. Their tactics have been diabolical to nonexistent for YEARS and still they’ve got the job. Is it a wage issue? Do quality coaches earn twice as much at a club as they would earn at national teams?

I'm starting to believe Spain took it easy on Italy, Nico Williams could have easily walked the ball in the way he was making light work of the Italian defense. If that's the best 11 Italy can assemble, then they might as well book their flights back home now & expect them to make it a hat trick of missing out on the World Cup. Italy should consider picking Italians from immigrant backgrounds who were born and raised in Italy over these Argentines & Brazilians who were never good enough to play for Argentina & Brazil, but they play for Italy because their great great great great great great great grandfather was born in Naples. Italy has younger, faster, skilled players, I see them in their youth teams, but they get overlooked at senior level for an Argentina or Brazil reject.

Spain good, but Italy lacked anything

Southgate out ! 😡

Folly agreed with your England changes. It's mental that Southgate hasn't tried it at least.

Italian here, miserable performance from our side but one gotta acknowledge when the opponents are in god mode. Spain looked like peak gold generation, which they are probably not - and I say the latter to their credit. Our coach also made a number of mistakes: insisting on DiLorenzo who is in very poor physical/mental shape, messing the team up with halftime subs..anyway, hail to Spain, and let’s try to survive this defeat and pass on the next stage ❤

The fans were right to boo their own national team. Their performance was worse than Serbia Speaking of Serbia, sadly they are making it out alive passed Denmark Spain will go on to bury Albania, Croatia might have a chance given that Italy was incompetent this time around

It was a joy to watch Spain play..

I love how polite and nice Adrian is to every team and player even when they are performing like chimps

I bet you anything Spalletti will instruct his players to play for a point against Croatia - and not a win. I’m 100% sure of this. Italians love drama and thrive on negativity.

Spain were so dynamic. The two young wingers were fantastic of course, but that midfield trio of Rodri, Ruiz, and Pedri are special. What a fun team to watch.

Italy looked like a toothless team trying to find their teeth in the dark.

Italy was painfully bad, it was like a kid's team playing against adults. That they lost by just one goal was a testament to how much Spain didn't care.

Somehow england fans will still blame Saka instead of southgate

If Spain can carry the form they showed against Italy into the KOs, they are hot favorites. Only bad luck can undo them. IF they keep playing at this level mind you.

Yamal, Pedri, Williams and Pepe in the euro to me prove that if you are the best in the position, you should play, it does not matter if you are 16 or 40

This is what happens when you appoint charlatan as a head coach, this team won euros 3 years ago and now I think Turkey will demolish them in 20 minutes. Di lorenzo, Di marco, Cristante, Scamaca, Cambiazo I mean why these players are even in there?

Italy dominated by Spain and looked like amateur players. No passion and no tactics to move the ball forward. Spalletti is shameful for not expecting classic Spain pressure and passing.

Not surprised that both Euro 2020 finalists were flopping this time around. There's absolutely no chance England and Italy will go further (or even win it) if they played like this. England are definitely worse after that Denmark game.

Spain...WORLD CLASS. England ....going home early. Southgate a MAJOR handicap for England.

I think everyone can agree that Southgate brings the English squad down considerably.

Yes we got outclassed today. But not all hope is lost, Italy can use this as a lesson to improve and fix h things. I personally think spalletti should consider a 3-4-1-2 formation or something like that, go with more solid defence of 3, (could be Calafiori, Buongiorno and Bastoni), use wingbacks (di Marco, Cambiaso or Bellanova) and win the midfield battle, Jorginho with Barella and Frattesi slightly more advanced. Chiesa more as a second striker, and I would start Retegui the next game and bring on Scamacca as a super sub, with Raspadori able to sub on for Chiesa Italy does have decent young midfielders, such as Colpani, Fabbian, Casedei and Tonali needs to make a comeback. It is important all those players get regular playing time and improve in consistency in order to break into the Azzurri squad in the future.

yeah Spain was just so much better they gonna be fun to watch in the knock out stages

Spain was absolutely brilliant . The best team so far .

If Spain had a world-class striker, they would win the tournament. It's their Achille's heel, a lack of deadly attacker.

england looked booty, spain looked dangerous but as usual struggle to finish

one of very few without a european accent that actually understands/appreciates the game

Rodi looked so tired in the 2nd half, would not be surprised if that yellow was on purpose so he could rest now that they already qualified

With owning posession it depends on your total midfield talent I would argue Jorginho and Barella are better ball players than Rodri and Ruiz but as a trio the Soanish midfield bossed it

Drop Bellingham deep, there's no Madrid tax This is not a league season

As a german I noticed some parallels between this present english and the past german squad(s). Stacked team with lots of talented players, but wrong tactics. You have to get rid of Gareth Southgate. Better sooner than later. He's not the right coach. I suppose you know that. In Germany it went the same way. Jogi Löw surely did some some things right, but more at the beginning of his career (2008-2014). Here in Germany we say, we won the World Cup in 2014 despite..., not because of him. Afterwards he kind of wasted a "golden generation" with lots of ridicilous decisions throughout the following tournaments. So.. you english people, I feel you.

Nico Williams is bout to get the bag . 💰

England look so poor for the squad they have. World class players in almost every position, but still bad passes, no communication, and bad management. I don’t see England making it past the quarters. The moment they come against a big team, they are out 😂

Slovenija so close to having 6 points...so disapointing to see them with just 2...

Trent created the most chances for England against Denmark. Meanwhile Foden and Saka doing jack shit and nobody is calling for them to be dropped.

4:18 No player created more chances (3) or played more line-breaking passes in the final third (5) for England against Denmark than Trent Alexander-Arnold. Definitely put Trent on the bench 🤡

italian clubs should works more on producing more technical and fast players…their defence is already good they have many players who is strong physically and can scores but they lack speed to counter a strong pressing team like spain…man how I wish italians having 2 fast fullbacks or wingers like davies

great vid also 500th like

I geniually cant belive I am this sad about a draw I defo would have took a point before the match but obviosly in the manner of how they drew in the last minute probably means we are out it just sucks man. Same as tbe last time we played them in the Euros took a lead but then they drew just that back then we were 3-0 up and still choked and also what will be simmilar to the 2000 euro is that we had 2 draws and a loss vs a big team in this case england. But also FUCK them for not winnin vs Denmark so that they maybe rotate against us and we get a jammy win. Still loved what the team did every one doubted us and we made it though. At least we got a great volleyball team for the olympics which we can maybe win. Wow why am l still typin this tnx for readin my rant I guess

Felt 3-0 was generous score to Spain vs Croatia, feel 1-0 isn't reflective of Spain's dominance against Italy

Spalletti should have used a 5-3-2 formation against Spain with christante starting instead of jorginho in midfield as jorginho is useless in moving the ball up front and he was just frustrating to watch. Also put barella up front with chiesa and put fagioli starting in the midfield and take pellegrini out.

All Spain got was an Italian own goal when they looked like they should have scored 4. And still, they look more likely to win the trophy than any of the other favorites.

Southgate biting the curb 4K

To all those Brits that have been trashing and disrespecting belgium all week : gg for your "golden generation' LOL

Rice Bellingham Foden in Midfield Gordon, Saka wings Palmer, Bowen from bench

England vs serbia already exposed that Englands midfield couldn't control a game... so what does Southgate do?... starts with the same 11... I thought he would have learnt the lesson. and bringing on Connor Gallagher didn't help at all... I think he was even worse... cos vs Denmark the problem was rice, he was bad. he's a great player, but yesterday he was poor out of possession and in possession. at times foden was in the right trying to find his sweet spot... with saka also in the right , just weird. Bellingham wasn't having his night. Bellingham and rice are world class, but if they having an off day... bring someone else on and find a different approach.

italy should’ve called up verratti and locatelli

Italy will never be able to compete in midfield with Spain. But they would have better using a 3-man midfield with Barella, Tonali, and Pellegrini.

Yes

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The Spain team is just of front players in the mould of Villa, Torres. Raul, Morientes, etc..Morata is underwhelming

I hate fifa rankings why is England,Belgium,and Croatia ranked so high and Uruguay and Colombia so low who are significantly better as of current😂

@Adrian: do u have german roots perhaps? That would explain some things..

I actually think Italy didn’t do that bad for a team that is in a complete rebuild situation… most players that are there now, won’t play in a year or two because of the youth squad that won the euros u17 a couple of weeks ago will come up to the 1st team.

Will you also cover the Copa America?

Otaly: Nah screw this we dont even deserve a tie, Own goal

few know how to read the games especially in a tournament. they have already given Italy a funeral and given the cup to Spain😂😂

Dear Adrian, Will you be covering or reacting to Copa America? Your loyal viewer, Sancho

On your point about the Italian midfield, Fagioli did not play today. You have no idea whether he would have been a difference maker and if he was, i.e. scored or assisted a goal, you probably would not have made your point about Italy's midfield options. Italy lost today, so now there's a negative light placed on their squad. Human nature, I guess.

If you actually watched the game and not only the line-up, you would know that Foden wasn't playing left wing all game. The formation shows him there, yes, but he was roaming around, and yes, he was mostly central or in the half-spaces. Stop this narrative that he was played in the wrong position, because he hasn't been in England's last two games.

Spalleti only copying Mancini player and tactic . Should hired Ancelloti

Italy tried to play like Spain too much, and Spain knew how to defend and counter that. I think the best way for Italy to play was to be like a true italian team etc. With a gladiator mentality like Conte, Mourinho, Ancelotti type football. Be more dangerous, play longer pass, send crosses in more often, and play more direct throughballs against Spain. Chiesa had tons of pace and would've smoked Cucurella if he had more chances. It would've completely disrupted the tiki taka football. Especially at the end when you could see italy actually look a bit more dangerous. Italy needed to take more shots and make more use of any opportunity. Long shots, free kicks, corners etc. There was no aggression, they were passive and played liked a bunch of boys not men.

Don't know what game you watched, but a own goal decided the match. A pretty boring match imo.

As soon as England scored, they parked the bus and that caused them the win. Should have kept trying to score.

The 1-0 score doesn't mean Spain cruised past Italy. It was an Own Goal. It also shows Spain were not as good in finishing the opportunities they created, and to be fair, Italy were relatively good in defense. Italy just didn't click in offense today, seeming a bit initimidated by Spain.

England is so overrated 😂 I don’t rate Southgate at all, but if all these player are supposed to be world class and amazing why isn’t anyone stepping up ? Saka, Foden, Rice, Kane, Bellingham etc. But I love it 😂 iTs cOMiNg hOmE

Lucky, lucky England. What a nightmare to watch.

Italy could still be top of the table with goal difference (very improbable, but still)

Seriosly so little discussion about Denmark

Italy is losing to Croatia.

Hi

England going down the south gate

Fermin Lopez has to get a chance agains Albania, he brings such intensity and a clinical finishing touch from midfield. I think he could turn out to be really crucial for Spain in the coming years, since they need players who are able to score from different positions when they don’t have that clinical number 9