we’ll see, so far they certainly have the initiative and Turkey looks to be running between and after the ball.
Very good start by Italy. Very aggressive start by them, far more so than expected.
Red vs Blue on black and white TV? (I know that is so very rare nowadays.)
Hope Italy score early so those booing Turks can be shut up. Annoying with that booing every time Italy has the ball (which is almost all the time so far).
Geez, enough with the whistling non stop
Exactly. Annoying to listen to those Turks to say the least.
Turkish Vuvuzela
Italy won’t score all night the way they’re playing. Not even coming close to creating a chance. Extremely easy for Turkey defensively so far and when they pinch the ball there are big holes at the back to exploit.
I think Turkey are looking pretty good here to nick it.
I noticed that a lot of the ball from keepers or crosses are low. Could it be the ball design?
Nevermind, the keeper just kicked a long and high one. Haahaa.
I am watching something different from you. Italy has created 2-3 dangerous situations already and their movement is much better than Turkey. Every time Turkey has the ball, Italy presses them and they lose it (so far). So I don’t know what you are watching.
Nervous opening. Turkey seems stressed out, not handling the Italian press.
But Italy may not be handle to keep this excellent press up.
What a miss by Insigne
Turkey aren’t going to have the ball, they’re going to sit in, defend deep, allow Italy possession and try and get them on the break. They’ve already had two situations where they’ve had a 2v2 break on but just missed the pass.
*First time Italy put some pace into their attack and Insigne got in, that’s better from them instead of the large amount of early crosses. That won’t get it done.
mega chance, Turkey just can’t cope with the movement. Very good play so far by Italy tbh.
But so far Turkey is not handling the Italian offensive well at all, and Italy has snuffed all counters (thus far) due to the excellent press they have on the ball.
I am actually very positively surprised and impressed by Italy so far.
You’re probably right that for international football this is impressive.
And I’m suddenly remembering why I hate international football.
A free header from punchable face. Good save by keeper.
Mega corner, mega header and excellent top notch reaction save. Italy really, really creating on this Turkish team.
Turkey is not even making an effort to press. 5-4-1?
That header deserved to go in!
I think he looks like a classic Roman sculpture. One where the artist lost interest in the end.