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Quote from: Woodie on September 05, 2021, 09:15:41 PM

And it's a wrap for Sundays games and with the only match having no goal was Switzerland vs Italy ,both created goal sxoring chances but nothing materilized in goals not what any of us expected from the Euro champs but created goes to the Swiss team for not allowing what happened to them the last time they met and lost 3-0.

Glad to see that the Italian team came back down to Earth after winning the Euro 2020 championship.
Still it is impressive to notice Mancini's achievement: this was the 36th consecutive positive game for a national team (only Brazil did the same).
The game was fairly balanced, I imagined it could have ended in a draw but I was not expecting a lack of goals. Worst scene of the game? Jorginho's penalty!
The next game on Wednesday against Lithuania becomes crucial for securing the qualification.

Italy dominated the whole first half but weren't able to score even one goal. Things were much more balanced in the second half but still we watched no goal at the end of the match. Actually, this was not one of the matches that should have ended goalless. I guess that so many people lost their bet because of a weird result like this. I would expect over 2.5 goals in this match. I'm pretty sure that Italy will make up for this result against Lithuania next time.

Switzerland was not a weak opponent. Maybe Italy is a strong team, but Switzerland is a good enough team. They are a stable team. And their defense is very good. At the Euro cup, they also performed very well against strong opponents such as France and Spain. Although I also hoped we would see a number of goals in today's match. Because both teams can attack well. However, neither team was able to score a goal.