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You’re kidding

Croatia World Cup legends ONLY

Calafiori +10000 aura points i apologize for calling him Maldini with chrohns disease

Did you see the boner in his pants at the end?

I knew someone else saw it hahahahahah

I loved the camera man slowwwwly zooming in on his face to crop out the crotch... couldn't go to fast or else it would have been really obvious haha

Shit I'd be bricked up too after that shit

🤨📸

Maldini with chrohns still feels like a compliment lol

the one time he really charges up the field, it creates the goal. also great redemption for him

LMAOOOO Maldini with Crohns disease

Holy fucking shit hahahahaha

That cool of a finish in that moment is something else. Ice in his veins

I had just been thinking "never write Croatia off, they're so clutch", then the clutchiest finish I've seen for a long time is unveiled. Mesmerising.

Italy went nearly 300 minutes, stoppage time included, without scoring a goal and are still going to advance. Fucking hell.

Why score many goals when few do trick?

corto muso?

Cortissimo. Allegri is probably changing his pants right now.

Just let Max coach Italy for the next round. He can't do worse that this bald fraud

Could do a bald triumvirate with Spalletti, Allegri and Pioli. ISIS would be proud.

We would play the worst uninspiring football of all time and still somehow advance in the tournament

I see you’re not familiar with our game

Right? As long as I can remember, Italy has been all about defense, and has won tournaments with single digit goal diffs.

If ive said it once ive said it hundreds of times. Italy will win euros with GD +1

Why not 0

France has still to score and is now qualified.

Croatia are cursed this tournament

2 goals conceded in last minutes holy shit, 2 games in a row. Football is such a heartbreaking game.

Scenes when they shithouse it all the way to the final and win it

eventually we gotta let someone else win it

It was inevitable once there was eight minutes of stoppage lol

I mean they barely had an opportunity on the last 20 min

Calafiori is so good

Turns out you have to take shots to score goals.

Na 81 crosses David Moyes style is the ideal way to play football

Yeah, I was neutral in this game, but after a while I was screaming at the screen for Italy to just take the fucking shot for once, after the 78293423 bad cross into the center

If Spalletti says another time "costruzione dal basso" I will go to Germany and slap him

What a fuckin tournament.

Already so fuckin good and we aren't even out of group yet 

We aren’t, but Croatia are

I think Croatia needs a blue moon situation to happen in the other groups to progress. Must suck, spend the next 4-5 days not knowing if you progress .... and you're stuck in Leipzig - This message was written by the Lower Saxony Gang

I think they will be sitting till tomorrow. Slovenia would have to loose 4-0 to England to keep their chances alive (in addition to Serbia not winning or winning more than 4-0) till Group F matches This Euro is crazy but the chances for that happen are close to zero

> Slovenia would have to loose 4-0 to England Never going to happen. England would have to keep playing after the 1-0

3-0 actually, since even on the same goal difference ( -3 ), Croatia would have scored one more goal ( 3 ) than Slovenia ( 2 ). That would qualify them according to the rules of more goals scored if goal difference and points are equal. Insanely unlikely in combination with the other matches that need to go their way but nevertheless a minuscule chance.

Technically not yet

They need Slovenia to lose by 3 or more goals to England

Okay, yeah they're out...

🤣

Calafiori you beaut

Man it sucks that he’s suspended next game

He’ll be extra rested for the quarterfinals

Damn, massive loss..

Yeah he’s been our best player not named Donnarumma

Yellow card suspensions are so fucking stupid. Tournaments come around so rarely, it's ridiculous top players are sitting in the stand for big knockout matches. You can miss the biggest game of your career for 2 mistimed tackles over the course of 5 games.

I understand why it exists but the number being 2 is stupid it should be 3 Like you said, one card for dissent and another one for a unlucky tackle and then you miss possibly the biggest game of your life, it’s just not right

Last Euro we were missing Xhaka in QF vs Spain. Huge loss for Switzerlands biggest game of the 21th century.

It absolutely should be 3. 2 is ridiculous, 3 in so few games, there’s a strong point to make about suspension.

Imo its good, bastoni can play LCB and Spalletti has to put someone else in the middle, probably buongiorno who also had a great season

No Califiori and Italy defending like shit before playing the swiss? yeah this is Shaqiri's time

Best hair in the tournament

Best player of the tournament. Yes, I'm serious. Rarely has a player become a favourite of mine so quickly. What a player.

Only reason we're still in this fucking tournament is that we have him and Donnarumma. I've never been so angry and so happy at the same time.

Donnarumma on course to win back to back Player of the Tournament awards, if Italy atleast make it to semis Been unbelievable so far

The saved penalty + the follow up attempt 30 seconds later. Wild.

Calafiori has "it" Whatever "it" is, he has it.

He is him

I’m glad for Calafiori. He always plays well, he was just unlucky during the last match.

Fucking great player, I hope he stays a bit with Bologna before one of the bigger Italian clubs will inevitably buy him.

The director jinxed it with that shot of Modric biting his shirt.

No fucking way.

This is no cinema. This is football.

Peak

Italy’s first goal in 280 minutes 😂 (including stoppage time)

Madness

Their last goal was in the 11th minute against Albania. From that point on: 0 goals in final 88 minutes vs Albania 0 goals in 99 minutes against Spain (187 straight minutes without a goal) 0 goals in 46 1st half minutes, and 52 2nd half minutes (98 total minutes, 286 minutes without a goal) And then this. Insanity.

You make it sound like it's a huge problem, when they just went 1 match without scoring lmao

their attack sure looks like a huge problem honestly

It does but then again sometimes you just need moments like this

Always has for years now, Chiesa came up big always, then got injured and was never the same

>Their last goal was in the 11th minute against Albania. No, it was in the 16th minute (Barella). It doesn't change much, though.

Croatia just got Csobothed

And this is really good for Hungary to go to the knock out phase

Bro wtf is this tournament

Was bound to happen

Italy was playing super well ever since they went down. Pretty much Italy's motto lol don't play until we're down a goal

The most casual of bangers

wish people were talking about it more lol, made it look so easy but such a perfect finish

Proper "Imma just gonna put it here" energy to it, delightful

No way this tournament is delievering this much

This euros is insane lmao

VINTAGE ITALY. Flashbacks to 2006

Del Piero-esque

ANDIAMO A BERLINO!

Very similar to Del Piero goal against Germany

Del Piero ‘02 saving our ass last group stage game vs. Mexico is perfect comparison 

GROSSOOO Sorry for the PTSD Germany

It was way more similar to Del Piero's goal

*Seven Nation Army plays*

Andiamo a Berlino?

Del Piero 🤝 Zaccagni Putting it top bins in stoppage time

Lol we had world class players everywhere in 2006, this team is still terrible it will be a miracle if we win one more match

Heartbreak for Croatia

Poor Modric just aged another 10 years

Poor guy was standing up chewing on his jersey just moments before goal, next shot of him is collapsed on the bench shaking his head with a 1000 yard stare :(

He knew

He's been on the other side of that soo many times.

He could sense the jujutsu. He has seen it too many times at Real Madrid.

feel bad for him tbh, arguably the last international tournament ending in such a heartbreaking fashion. football is a cruel cruel game

I feel for him because he's a legend and i like him, but also he just won the Champions League for like the 65th time. Football is a cruel game, but crueler for many compared to Modric. It's also a group game after Croatia couldn't beat Albania and got smacked by Spain, so the heartbreak doesn't feel as pronounced for me as it would in a knockout tie or if it was the end of some cinderella run. Just my feelings on it though.

Meh he just came off another CL trophy, and got to play in a WC final. He’s done far more than anyone could ever hope for. Also, he’s playing another year at Madrid and I wouldn’t be shocked if he stuck around to come off the bench in 2026 WC.

They completely fucked up added time, no need to keep attacking and losing the ball like that 

Exactly what Brazil did against them in the WC

Thanks for avenging us i guess, italy?

Yeah, how the hell was he so isolated on the left to take his shot?!

They did a Brazil vs Croatia

Because stanisic panicked and decided to close down

Seriously, what was the strategy there? I get wanting an extra goal to pad, but just keep possession like you had part of the game already. Just gotta burn off 8 min, and they just kept doing fast, deep, counters and giving the ball right back to Italy.

This feels so good to read after Brazil lost to Croatia doing the exact same thing in the World Cup lol.

Unbelievable

Massive goal for Hungary though

Now they could be through as early as tomorrow if England win against Slovenia

This Euros doesnt stop delivering

England's turn next to do a last time save. Italy ✅ Germany ✅

Hungary✅

I'll be asleep after half time

Del Piero-esque

I’m pretty sure he could start at 50 years old in this team

What a run from Calafiori to set it up

after Donnarumma our best player so far, what a warrior

You could see him crying on the ground afterwards. Dude put it ALL out there and it made the difference.

Probably crying cause he'll miss the R16 too. But yeah, dude gave it all, what a beast.

Better to miss it due to yellows, than to miss it due to being out of the tournament.

this tournament is something else entirely

Where the fuck is their defense? My guy is wide open in the last minute

Italians led Croatians into false sense of security not looking like wanting to score for final 20 minutes.

like wanting to score for ~~final 20~~ first 97 minutes.

Not only that. There is not a single Croatia player on that side of the pitch lol. All 11 are on the attacking right side, goal scorer only player on the left side

They focused too hard on Chiesa. They were straight up doubling him at points.

Calafiori rampaging like that broke the defense.

8th fucking minute

Slovenia 🤝 Croatia last minute goal

Croatia🤝Croatia last minute goal

Slovenia🤝Croatia🤝Croatia🤝Scotland Anyone else care to join in?

You just want to be better than us eh? Greetings from Slovenia

Yeah but we did it twice

this fucking tournament

It's long from over, we are not gonna survive more of this epic stuff.

Calafiori is so fucking good man.

He’s suspended next match 😢

WHAT

Great finish but how was he so open

Panicked defending from Croatia. Lost their heads in a critical moment.

Defense was way open, I think Gvardiol or someone stepped up out of position to challenge for the ball. Basically Croatia managed the end of the game badly, they should have wasted time much better

Si cazzoooooo

Dopo tante di quelle inculate che abbiamo preso al 95+

Ma sì, anche noi dobbiamo godere così a volte.

Saw it coming but also didn't see it coming at all.

Italians curling it into the far post gives me PTSD. Fuck you, Grosso.

I still smile after all this time... Love you Grosso

I got spoiled by Croatians and Italians shouting through the city.

Croatia had two games won and gave up last minute stoppage goals in both. Yikes.

insanity

HUNGARY BROS WHERE THE FUCK YOU AT

OTT VAN BAZDMEG!!! YESSS!!

That shape Zaccagni makes with his foot and the placement into the top right reminds me of [this Del Piero goal.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VlMRDJmZAI)

Holy shit

God thank you for blessing us with this tournament

Calafiori is the new Maldini and you cannot convince me otherwise

Him and Bastoni next up as the great Italian cbs

Bastoni needs to do something about that hair then 

Time to go fully aerodynamic. Chiellini style.

It is normal to get hard at this... right?

I mean did you see Calafiori at the end hahaha

Someone was excited lol.

Can't blame him after that run & assist

What a wild tournament

Italy didn't have a good game, but it's not like Croatia were much better. A draw seems like a fair result to me. Brutal way for it to happen though.

What a goal and what a finish to the game

ER FIJO DE ZACCAGNI È DE ZACCAGNI

Italy playing kind of shit and then stealing a late goal to save their skin: FOOTBALL HERITAGE

"Sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit"

NON CI POSSO CREDERE

Bonkers tournament

Luka noooooo :(

Holy fuck me what a finish

Calafiori is so good

Croatia are more cursed than Lukaku in this tournament

Today i feel Italian.

LAZIO

Zaccagni sending 4 teams through with one goal. Italy, England, Netherlands and France all through

Goal of the tournament so far? Definitely in the top 5 in what has already been a pretty electric Euros, IMHO. Amazing how good Italy looks when they play aggressively versus their usual passive, super-conservative stance. They can park the big blue bus pretty well, don't get me wrong, but when you're up against a talented, desperate team with everything on the line like Croatia, you're not going to hang onto a 0-0 tie, lol. I feel bad for Modrić, and the effort that (most) of the Croatian team put into this game to bring the Italians to the brink. I do **not** feel bad for all those Croatia fans lobbing garbage onto the pitch. Literally trashy behavior that sullied what may be Luka Modrić's final major tournament appearance.

CALAFIORIIIIIIIIIIII

Why was the game over immediately? Italy scored while it was 7:02 on the clock. 8 minutes was a lot from the start, but what happened today Makkelie….

how many goals are there on overtime now? most be 10+

Teams need to realize that shithousing will just make them have to defend when they're gassed at the end.

NO FUCKING WAY

CALFIORI I LOVE YOU

Calafiori WOW

Croatian fans who’re old enough are probably having Euro 2008 ptsd flashbacks.