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I cheer for the underdog and a good game.

A team full of “semi-professionals” playing in “the depths of Europe” just eliminated EURO champions in Palermo.

Italy (6th ranked) won with the help of the Video Adjusting Results system last summer, and I have now witnessed payback for it!

Princ wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 4:20 pm I cheer for the underdog and a good game.

A team full of “semi-professionals” playing in “the depths of Europe” just eliminated EURO champions in Palermo.

Italy (6th ranked) won with the help of the Video Adjusting Results system last summer, and I have now witnessed payback for it!

Sorry man, I'm not a traitor who'd support the Serbs and lives in a different country to Albania.

CanaYouDoIt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 11:57 pm

RedFootballs wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 11:38 pm

CanaYouDoIt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 11:13 pm For reference the xG Italy created tonight was at the level that Poland and England created in the games then won 4-1 and 5-0 .

That’s the level of luck we’re talking , how often do guys like Berardi miss those chances ?

Macedonia have been competitive against top teams for a while now and did very well against Italy in the same WCQ group we were in.

That's not a coincidence. We would never win a game like they won today.

Wdym ? Albania 1-0 Portugal in the same manner, except that Portugal created less that day

That was 8 years ago.

We have since then not won a single point vs any top team, a single point.

In fact, don't think we've even scored a goal against a top team in a competitive fixture in 8 years. Lol

RedFootballs wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 5:26 pmThat was 8 years ago.

We have since then not won a single point vs any top team, a single point.

In fact, don't think we've even scored a goal against a top team in a competitive fixture in 8 years. Lol

Cika shenoi me penallti ndaj Frances ne minuten e fundit ne 2019. Garbage goal in garbage time. One of the worst performances ever. Only the one in Wembley was worse.

Plako wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:01 pm

RedFootballs wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 5:26 pmThat was 8 years ago.

We have since then not won a single point vs any top team, a single point.

In fact, don't think we've even scored a goal against a top team in a competitive fixture in 8 years. Lol

Cika shenoi me penallti ndaj Frances ne minuten e fundit ne 2019. Garbage goal in garbage time. One of the worst performances ever. Only the one in Wembley was worse.

Honestly pathetic. We haven't put in even a good performance against a big team since Portugal, let alone win any points.

Meanwhile Macedonia are always scoring even if they lose. It would be nice to see us score a couple goals against Spain even if we lose rather than the standard 2-0 with 20% possession.

Alexander “The Great” Trajkovski scored one of the best goals I have seen with my eyes last night.

Valued only at €350k, it is not the first time this “semi-professional” scrub from the Saudi Arabian league has ripped the net of Italy in their house. He tied the match 1-1 back in 2017 WCQ, taking a point home to Macedonia.

Alex shows up when it matters!

RedFootballs wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 5:26 pm

CanaYouDoIt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 11:57 pm

RedFootballs wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 11:38 pm

Macedonia have been competitive against top teams for a while now and did very well against Italy in the same WCQ group we were in.

That's not a coincidence. We would never win a game like they won today.

Wdym ? Albania 1-0 Portugal in the same manner, except that Portugal created less that day

That was 8 years ago.

We have since then not won a single point vs any top team, a single point.

In fact, don't think we've even scored a goal against a top team in a competitive fixture in 8 years. Lol

Lets look at the games in that time we've both played against "big" teams like it matters anyway.

NM:
2014 - 5-1 L Spain
2015 - 1-0 L Spain
2016 - 4-0 L Spain , 3-2 L Italy
2017 - 2-1 L Spain, 1-1 Italy
2018 - 0 good teams
2019 - 0 good teams
2020 - 0 good teams
2021 - 2-1 W Germany , 3-0 L Netherlands, 4-0 L Germany
2022 - 1-0 W Italy

10 G - 2 W 1 D 7 L

AL:
2014: 1-1 D France, 1-0 L Italy
2015:1-0 W France, 1-0L Portugal
2016: 2-0L France, 2-0 L Spain
2017:2-0L Italy, 3-0 L Spain, 2-0 L Italy
2018: 0 good teams
2019: 4-1 L / 2-0 L France
2020: 0 Good teams
2021: 2-0/5-0 L England
2022: Spain tomorrow (L)

14 G - 1 W 1D 12 L

Princ wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:30 pm Alexander “The Great” Trajkovski scored one of the best goals I have seen with my eyes last night.

Valued only at €350k, it is not the first time this “semi-professional” scrub from the Saudi Arabian league has ripped the net of Italy in their house. He tied the match 1-1 back in 2017 WCQ, taking a point home to Macedonia.

Alex shows up when it matters!

That's a former Serie A player with a lot of games for Palermo. It's like Pandev. Too old to do it consistently but the individual quality can strike at any moment.

If he was a career Saudi Arabia player he wouldn't do shit.

Dallku wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:36 pm

Princ wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:30 pm Alexander “The Great” Trajkovski scored one of the best goals I have seen with my eyes last night.

Valued only at €350k, it is not the first time this “semi-professional” scrub from the Saudi Arabian league has ripped the net of Italy in their house. He tied the match 1-1 back in 2017 WCQ, taking a point home to Macedonia.

Alex shows up when it matters!

That's a former Serie A player with a lot of games for Palermo. It's like Pandev. Too old to do it consistently but the individual quality can strike at any moment.

If he was a career Saudi Arabia player he wouldn't do shit.

He's spent most his career playing the Belgium, Italian and Spanish leagues. Not a bum but a guy who's played in professional leagues his whole career

CanaYouDoIt wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:52 pm
He's spent most his career playing the Belgium, Italian and Spanish leagues. Not a bum but a guy who's played in professional leagues his whole career

Exactly. Someone with that kind of experience is not an amateur. He might not have the legs or the mental tangibles to do it often but the talent and experience is still there.