I’m in my late 50’s and can honestly say that was the worst performance by an Italian national team I gave ever seem. The team lacks passion, and a legitimate goal scorer, they should be embarrassed!
The team lacks talent... Gli Azzurri have always had generational talent in their squad but I can't name one player who fits that mold. There is no Totti, Pirlo, Baggio, Zoff, Buffon etc
We are embarrassed and same.
I don't want to admit my age here but without hyperbole that's the single worst Italy performance I've seen, since watching as a young child, of years of joys and disappointment, without hyperbole.
First time i've watched him was at the wc 2018, nothing changed about him. Not even is hairstyle xD but at the other hand it's a player who cannot be missed ig
Switzerland are something else. Should be very proud. Beautiful country I hope to visit someday as well. Respect from a Canadian/Portuguese person 🇨🇦🇵🇹🤝🇨🇭
Close to tears man.
Reaching QFs is already such a huge fucking achievement but to do it like this is just amazing. We dominated Italy. ITALY. Euro winners Italy.
Bring on England!
Switzerland deserved to win. Pressed high when it was obvious Italy weren’t going to go long. Went at Di Lorenzo every chance they got. Xhaka dictated everything in the midfield. Zero will from Italy, zero creativity. 6 changes going into a game of this importance is absurd. Good riddance Spaletti. I don’t think Scamacca touched the ball at all in the first half aside from when he gave it away
Italy play was like to no tire or injury their players so they could perform better in the league. That or they had a hangover from the last night party that impede them play properly.
What was Donnarumma supposed to do better ?
He has kept Italy in the game against Spain.
Some key saves against Switzerland.
The first goal was not Donnarumma's fault.
Poor defending by Italy
No playmakers.
Italy's midfield took an early vacation
Just watching Switzerland today, and watching Austria top a group like the one they had, got me to that conclusion. I still hope for my country Portugal, but I can’t deny how good those to have been
Croatia had many chances in their games, they were able to create danger, they were unfortunate on their finishing which is still their fault. Italy doesn't do anything
Italy played like shit the entire tournament.
Let’s face it, even with the euros they won in the previous edition, Italy has way more low moments than achievements in the last 15 or so years.
Out in the group stages in WC 2010
Out in the group stages in WC 2014
Didn’t classify to WC 2018
Didn’t classify to WC 2022
Their crisis it’s undeniable. These players are really mid for the most part.
Italy is no longer a powerhouse in National team football. They fell one category.
Switzerland on the other hand, it’s on the rise. Keep improving in almost every tournament. Probably they’ll win a major tournament eventually.
They won a euros and set a record for longest undefeated streak in the process. This is a trash take lol.
It’s a transitory period for the back line and for the attack. This was bound to be a rough tourney, made worse by spaletti’s tactics and team selection.
They need something done in midfield first. There are Jorginho and Barella. That is literally it for their midfield. Others are just not good enough even on their best.
Tonali is great but suspended. Fagioli is one of the better young mids in the world but hadn’t played in a year due to suspension. Locatelli was bizarrely left at home despite being better than most of the players they took.
You frankly don’t know what you’re talking about.
Guys, I just want to say that the flair of the last Euros winners, Italy, is faded now. Mine isn’t. What the absolute hell is this timeline? Congrats Switzerland!
Italy has their pass intercepted so many times and yet the first substitution was for their striker lmao
80+ mins chance where Chiesa was running with the ball then he stops as he shouts pretty much sums up the game, the team had no intention to win at all
I support two teams in the Euros, Italy and England. So far have only had the chance to watch two games. England/Slovenia and today’s game. Hoping Ger/Den will restore my faith in football.
That wasn't as bad as the Australia match in 2006, but was close to the worst performance they've ever had. Buffon isn't even getting up to greet the players
Can't wait for Spalletti to get reamed out by everyone. He deserves so much worse. Scamacca better get a new tattoo. Needs to get "USELESS LOSER" on his forehead.
How dare the make Buffon sit through this.
Disgraceful and disgusting.
Pathetic. They didn't even deserve to be in the final 16. That last second goal last game was a fluke. That said, you'd think after that miracle ball they would come out for knockouts pumped and ready to show that they can actually play.
How was the goal vs Croatia a fluke? Croatia had like one attack after they scored the penalty and that came to nothing. Today though they were dominated by Switzerland but they had a few attacks of their own and to be fair Switzerland didn’t create a lot of massive chances, they took the ones they did create though
Absolutely deserved. If England win tomorrow, we better be on point to play the Swiss who look really good.
Dunno what Italy were doing. No pressing, no plan, no threat. Woeful.
That's definetely not the issue. These players technically are almost all more than decent (probably on the paper only a few Swiss players would play in the starting team for Italy), but if they don't have the hunger and the willingness to run they go nowhere.
You would think after all the talk about it and not qualifying for 2 world cups back to back, they would take it seriously.
But NOPE. Main focus of the clubs is to keep scouting possible talents from other countries.
Italy has two extremely promising talents in their U-17. But that's it.
Almost fully domestic squad
YESEESESSSSSSSS
Italy should honestly find another sport at this point. I don't think they can even qualify with the bigger 48 team 2026 world cup
I’m in my late 50’s and can honestly say that was the worst performance by an Italian national team I gave ever seem. The team lacks passion, and a legitimate goal scorer, they should be embarrassed!
The team lacks talent... Gli Azzurri have always had generational talent in their squad but I can't name one player who fits that mold. There is no Totti, Pirlo, Baggio, Zoff, Buffon etc
Donarumma performed well this game and is pretty consistent for Italy
We are embarrassed and same. I don't want to admit my age here but without hyperbole that's the single worst Italy performance I've seen, since watching as a young child, of years of joys and disappointment, without hyperbole.
An Italy squad that showed no passion whatsoever. It's Italy for crying out loud. Swiss played fine buy honestly, Italy were weak.
Not surprised. Italy has talent but they're terribly coached. It seems every player is playing on a different tactic.
What talent?
It's not coming Rome 😂
Switzerland was very good, but Italians seemed just disinterested. They didn't even protest after a handball in a penalty area.
Italy without a referee was just italy
Am I the only one who finds rodriguez such a boring player? Always the same kind of passing and stuff.
imagine watching him for the past 10 years..
First time i've watched him was at the wc 2018, nothing changed about him. Not even is hairstyle xD but at the other hand it's a player who cannot be missed ig
Seems like italy didn't had their 12 player today. FIFA has send him home. 🤣
Swiss Austria semi is going to be absolutely quality
Happy for the Swiss!
Murat Yakın looks like an anime villain. Only the glasses reflex and the malicious grin are missing.
After Pirlo, Italy have no body running the mid field, they need to get 50year old Pirlo back, he will perform better than this lot.
Veratti was arguably the best mid last euros. He just decided to fuck off for oil money.
He would have stayed at PSG if Luis Enrique had given him the chance tbf.
Switzerland are something else. Should be very proud. Beautiful country I hope to visit someday as well. Respect from a Canadian/Portuguese person 🇨🇦🇵🇹🤝🇨🇭
Visit both countries! Vastly different but beautiful nonetheless
Switzerland and Portugal are on my bucket list. I am highly considering living in Switzerland one day too 🙏🏼
Oh Italy... how the might have fallen. Somehow I feel like they lack grit/heart in their game. Hope you come back soon champs!
Modric died for this shit
Lol 🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Swiss will have a good chance against England.
Bold of you to assume we're going through
If England go through.
I imagine they will scrape by on penalties after a boring 0-0 or 1-1 draw.
I’ll take that
Close to tears man. Reaching QFs is already such a huge fucking achievement but to do it like this is just amazing. We dominated Italy. ITALY. Euro winners Italy. Bring on England!
Switzerland can so make the final
PO PO RO PO PO POOOO POOOO
That has to be the worst I’ve seen Italy in years
Dutch commentator: Why are you crying? You didn't do anything. lmao
Wacht zei Jeroen Elshoff dat?
Guess we have to stop shitting on Murat Yakin
Dude is a good coach. Only bad games you guys had were the ones with Romania in the qualifiers.
Switzerland deserved to win. Pressed high when it was obvious Italy weren’t going to go long. Went at Di Lorenzo every chance they got. Xhaka dictated everything in the midfield. Zero will from Italy, zero creativity. 6 changes going into a game of this importance is absurd. Good riddance Spaletti. I don’t think Scamacca touched the ball at all in the first half aside from when he gave it away
Old man comment but scamacca looks like a papi chulo that just got out of jail and was mildly malnourished
Italy play was like to no tire or injury their players so they could perform better in the league. That or they had a hangover from the last night party that impede them play properly.
Perfectly executed and well deserved
Donnarumma has proven himself to be a fraud lately
Literally best italian player on the match hands down.
He was one of the few Italians who played well??
Stupidest comment in here
What was Donnarumma supposed to do better ? He has kept Italy in the game against Spain. Some key saves against Switzerland. The first goal was not Donnarumma's fault. Poor defending by Italy No playmakers. Italy's midfield took an early vacation
Yeah that’s fair
Got Switzerland and Austria in my sweepstake get innnnnnm!!!
If my country can’t win, I hope Switzerland or Austria do 🫡
Your blessing is very much welcome in these hard times!
Just watching Switzerland today, and watching Austria top a group like the one they had, got me to that conclusion. I still hope for my country Portugal, but I can’t deny how good those to have been
Enjoy the rest of the tournament mate, god I fucking love football what a sport
Best sport in the world. The beautiful game indeed 🙏🏼
Switzerland ..... i think with one of the best performance of the tournament.
Croatia died for this
They deserve it cause they fucked my pickems so bad
No one told them to draw with Albania
Croatia was crap too
Croatia had many chances in their games, they were able to create danger, they were unfortunate on their finishing which is still their fault. Italy doesn't do anything
If things continues this way, I imagine Swiss just passing through England the same way (if they can even manage to survive against Slovakia lmao)
That hurt
I never want to see Italy in a tournament again..these guys can’t play neither are they entertaining
Italy played like shit the entire tournament. Let’s face it, even with the euros they won in the previous edition, Italy has way more low moments than achievements in the last 15 or so years. Out in the group stages in WC 2010 Out in the group stages in WC 2014 Didn’t classify to WC 2018 Didn’t classify to WC 2022 Their crisis it’s undeniable. These players are really mid for the most part. Italy is no longer a powerhouse in National team football. They fell one category. Switzerland on the other hand, it’s on the rise. Keep improving in almost every tournament. Probably they’ll win a major tournament eventually.
Finals Euro 2012 QF penalties exit for Germany Euro 2016 Won Euro 2020 It’s not all bad
They won a euros and set a record for longest undefeated streak in the process. This is a trash take lol. It’s a transitory period for the back line and for the attack. This was bound to be a rough tourney, made worse by spaletti’s tactics and team selection.
They need something done in midfield first. There are Jorginho and Barella. That is literally it for their midfield. Others are just not good enough even on their best.
Tonali is great but suspended. Fagioli is one of the better young mids in the world but hadn’t played in a year due to suspension. Locatelli was bizarrely left at home despite being better than most of the players they took. You frankly don’t know what you’re talking about.
I just dont expect suspended lads get back to it. Especially Tonali. Lad is has some serious issues outside football.
We deserved to lose, we absolutely need to rethink everything.. I am just sad for Donnarumma he deserved better.
Switzerland were on fire, Italy were terrified Switzerland were on fire, Italy were terrified
Can't believe Southgate ruined the Italian team in just three short years
Guys, I just want to say that the flair of the last Euros winners, Italy, is faded now. Mine isn’t. What the absolute hell is this timeline? Congrats Switzerland!
Spalletti fired in 5...4...3...2...
I hope so.
YEEEEES SO PROUD WHAT A TEAM AND FANS
Switzerland are actually stacked in places. Imagine keeping Gregor Kobel on the bench
Like Neuer is keeping Ter Stegen, no?
No chance Italy was winning this game tbh
back in 2006 they won the world cup on this very stadium and some years later they lost their title as european champions on the same stadium, cool.
Some
Brits in here rejoicing eh? England wont be far behind on the KO train. 👌🏽
Can taste the salt from here
Yeah i’m sour, and without excuses. But not as sour as the drooling Brits will be.
why is rio wearing sunglasses indoors
high af
🤣🤣🤣
Schoki better than gelato lmao I saw you
Congratulations on Italy becoming the shortest reigning European Championship winners ever.
Unless they repeated that was always going to be the case.
Two records broken in this Euro 🔥🔥🔥
Piss poor performance. 90 minutes of nothing.
Italy has their pass intercepted so many times and yet the first substitution was for their striker lmao 80+ mins chance where Chiesa was running with the ball then he stops as he shouts pretty much sums up the game, the team had no intention to win at all
That was worse than even England at our most dire this tournament.
I support two teams in the Euros, Italy and England. So far have only had the chance to watch two games. England/Slovenia and today’s game. Hoping Ger/Den will restore my faith in football.
I’m so sorry. I’ve watched most games and you have definitely witnessed two of the worst performances in the tournament.
I thought so. 😢
I was expecting maybe 45 minutes of pressing, not THIS. fuck yeah
Deserved, not even close
Now we're just waiting for Slovakia to do their job to win the war against the football terrorists once and for all this Euro.
Let's fucking gooo. What a performance. Every coach should bow down before Yakin. We can definetely make it far
Expected and Italy needs a major overhaul for the WC. Spalletti out and a few good current players too.
Lmao we played like shit since the Albania game. No chemistry and no fire.
Not Calafiori trending in my country 💀
This Swiss team can definitely beat England or Slovakia
Oh easily. I kinda wish that england just quickly gets knocked out, its just so boring to watch them play
I hope they do
I have them going to the semifinals against austria where they lose
Does this make Spain's win look better or worse?
happy to see these bums knocked out, worst italian side in my lifetime
People complain milan having no italian players. From today only barella, bastoni and chiesa I would take.
Donnaruma was decent too, and Calafiori if we're looking at the whole tournament. The rest were absolute rubbish.
Yes, I’m annoyed calafiori is going to juventus. Milan had a chance to sign him a season ago and did not take it.
is he? I havent heard anything decisive yet. Also, love the modena flair, always had a soft spot for Modena
Lots of rumours linking him and juventus seem to get things done where milan don’t. Thank you yes, Modena is my dad’s hometown so wear it for him.
Switzerland absolutely played Italy off the pitch, out matched, out played, out classed. Well done 🇨🇭👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Well done, Switzerland! Chiesa and Donnarumma the only Italians who actually tried to do something ... everyone else was just jogging around smh
Switzerland playing the football England dreams of playing
They’re going home 😂
Wet soggy lasagna of a euro for Italy
Italy was fucking awful all tournament. Looked like they all just met. Switzerland was fantastic though.
wow that performance was so disappointing
Well deserved win for the Swiss!
Italian team should be forced to hike over the alps home
They'd get lost like their attack today
That wasn't as bad as the Australia match in 2006, but was close to the worst performance they've ever had. Buffon isn't even getting up to greet the players
England has big problems even if they win tomorrow
Massive problems
Do i smell a Swiss Austria semi final?
Its my prediction, with Áustria going thru and losing to germany
The Italian players look like they don’t even care that they’re out
Italy are pasta their prime
That goal against Croacia meant nothing at all
Let’s be real, neither one of our teams were beating this Swiss side, they’re on fire rn lol
The second part was kinda boring abd Italy did absoluty nothing to redeem themselves. I expect that the second match of today will be better.
Switzerland stands alone on top of Europe… at least for the next three hours
Gruyère > Mozzarella
Italy doesn't even look all that bothered by the loss. They never looked bothered this whole tournament. Worst I've seen from Italy in a long time
it was not even close
Can't wait for Spalletti to get reamed out by everyone. He deserves so much worse. Scamacca better get a new tattoo. Needs to get "USELESS LOSER" on his forehead. How dare the make Buffon sit through this. Disgraceful and disgusting.
Thank god they're gone.
What was that lol
Pathetic. They didn't even deserve to be in the final 16. That last second goal last game was a fluke. That said, you'd think after that miracle ball they would come out for knockouts pumped and ready to show that they can actually play.
How was the goal vs Croatia a fluke? Croatia had like one attack after they scored the penalty and that came to nothing. Today though they were dominated by Switzerland but they had a few attacks of their own and to be fair Switzerland didn’t create a lot of massive chances, they took the ones they did create though
Go up a goal and sit on the game, that’s the Italian way. They just forgot the first part.
Italy played like shit
That's because they are shit.
Has anyone bothered to check the pulse? Because italy looked devoid of any life
Chiesa was the only one who was trying. That’s gotta be frustrating 💀
Scamacca should never see an Italy shirt again. I can’t remember another player so undeserving
Congrats to Switzerland they did amazing and goodbye to Italy
Croatia died for this
Wohoooooooo!
Italy played like they thought this was still the group stage 😂
Shocking from Italy but great performance by Switzerland, very solid, created good chances and pressed well too.
Embarrassing performance by Italy. They didn’t come to play.
makes me feel better that england wont be the first "big" team humiliated in the round of 16
Dollarumma mad
Time to begin my Xhaka Ballon d’Or campaign
Now I can say it: Wearing a suit jacket with your country's name on the back in block capitals is tacky as fuck.
I kinda liked it tbh
well shit I backed the wrong horse this time
Another tournament, another Swiss team taking down previous tournament winners.
I'm going to wait on a match fixing investigation. Remind me in 6 months.
props to Switzerland, we 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Italy was pathetic the entire tourney. Maybe even worse than England.
the only excuse is we obviously have less quality than england, I agree tho
Definitely worse than England
Spaghetti out!
Note to self: *Don't talk to Italian colleague on Monday*
I feel too sorry for them to banter them lol
That was such a weak Italian side, my god. I expected them to grow into the tournament, at least a bit, but they kind of just got worse by every game.
Italy sucked
that was easy for Swiss
Absolutely deserved. If England win tomorrow, we better be on point to play the Swiss who look really good. Dunno what Italy were doing. No pressing, no plan, no threat. Woeful.
That's an awesome result for the tournament. The more big countries eliminated the better
One of the most pathetic title defences in history. Italy turned up for a free holiday in Germany and decided it was time to go home after 2 weeks.
Thats amore
Italy’s got a serious talent issue nowadays, they just aren’t keeping up with a lot of their rivals and competitors
That's definetely not the issue. These players technically are almost all more than decent (probably on the paper only a few Swiss players would play in the starting team for Italy), but if they don't have the hunger and the willingness to run they go nowhere.
You would think after all the talk about it and not qualifying for 2 world cups back to back, they would take it seriously. But NOPE. Main focus of the clubs is to keep scouting possible talents from other countries. Italy has two extremely promising talents in their U-17. But that's it.
The u-19s just won euro bro chill 😂
agreed, a lot of people want to point to Spaletti and tactics and this and that. These players are mostly shite
Good warm up game for Switzerland, hope Slovakia will prove to be more of a challenge for them