International Friendlies Thread

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England: Butland; Walker, Stones, Tarkowski; Trippier, Dier, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Young; Lingard, Sterling, Vardy.
Subs: Rose, Hart, Henderson, Maguire, Mawson, Livermore, Lallana, Cook, Dele, Rashford, Pickford, Pope, Welbeck.

Italy: Donnarumma, Zappacosta, Rugani, Bonucci, De Sciglio, Pellegrini, Frello Filho, Parolo, Candreva, Immobile, Insigine.
Subs: Buffon, Ferrari , Darmian, Ogbonna, Bonaventura, Verratti, Beloti, Spinazzola, Verdi, Galgiardini, Cutrone, Cristante, Florenzi, Chiesa, Perin.

Italy's bench seems a bit oversized but this is what the BBC website says I guess.

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Italian national anthem.

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Trippier boots it out of play for some reason.

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Great last ditch tackle from De Sciglio.

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Who is Charkowski, is that a Pokemon?

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1-0 Vardy. Quick freekick taken, seems a bit shit to me.

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Germany 0-1 Brazil, Jesus.

[Letters]

I thought that was terrific refereeing.
Our players were fouled twice in the breakaway. Why should we have to wait for the entire Italy defence to get back and defend?
There was a clear advantage in letting us play on.


The ref

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Immobile takes all of them on.

[Globalgunner]

Gabriel Jesus seemsto be the no1 striker for Brazil. Firmino seems a better option to me though. Not a big Jesus fan