Euro 2020 thread Italia Afterparty Function

The 1968 European Nations Cup final between Italy and Yugoslavia went to a replay. Hosts Italy equalised late on after the Yugoslavs had led for much of the match.

The 1972 European Cup semi-final between Celtic and Inter Milan went to penalties. Iā€™m open to correction but I think thatā€™s the first major penalty competition to decide a major European or world tie.

That 1974 Bayern Munich - Atletico Madrid replay took place at the same time as the bombs were going off in Dublin. My oulā€™ fella told of watching the replay of the final and hearing the bomb a mile down the road in Talbot Street.

Tottenham loved a good FA Cup final replay - would I be right in saying the famous Ricky Villa final in 1981 was the very first to go to a replay?

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Think it was the second. Chelsea beat Leeds in the 1970 FA Cup final at Old Trafford in a replay. A game noted for an outstanding display of goalkeeping from Peter ā€˜The Catā€™ Bonetti, which sealed him a place in the England World Cup squad for Mexico.

That 1970 replay was played the same night that Manchester City won the Cup Winners Cup Final.

Of course, how could I forget. That was one of the seasons where Leeds were competing on all fronts and got nothing. Celtic beat them over two legs at Elland Road and Hampden Park in the European Cup semi-final.

Bonetti had a nightmare in the quarter-final against West Germany and cost England the game from 2-0 up with 15 minutes left. It would surely have been a Brazil-England final had it not been for Gordon Banks having to miss the game due to a bad stomach bug. It has been said that the weak Italian mentality of Bonetti cost England on that occasion, but I donā€™t think thatā€™s the case as I recently learned that Bonetti himself had a stomach bug, just not as bad a one as Banks.

Ricky Villa of course wasnā€™t considered for selection when Spurs also went to a replay against Terry Venables, Queens Park Rangers a year later in the 1982 FA Cup Final. That replay was played on the same day that the Battle of Goose Green began.

Tottenham supporter Tim Vickery, now BBC South American football correspondent, always says that Ossie Ardiles played a great role in fostering reconciliation between the Argentine and English peoples when he came back to Tottenham following the war. Vickery says Ossieā€™s cerebral brand of football and all round good nature was a great vehicle for showing the common humanity that existed between the two nations. Of course Ossieā€™s testimonial match in 1986 attracted a certain Diego Armando Maradona to don the famous Tottenham colours at White Hart Lane, as your profile picture shows. So Tottenham as a club can be quite proud of its contribution to using football for diplomatic purposes.

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Indeed. Contrasting fortunes to that of another sportsman at that time in 1982, the then reigning world darts champion Jocky Wilson. Jocky didnā€™t do a lot to foster diplomatic relations. He served a ban for much of the Falklands War for punching a match official, citing pressure he was under from the War as his wife Malvina was Argentinian.

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Jocky would have a fine end to 1982 however when he appeared as the backdrop to Dexyā€™s Midnight Runners performing ā€œJackie Wilson Saidā€ on Top Of The Pops in December of that year. That was the last time Dexyā€™s Midnight Runners ever appeared on Top Of The Pops.

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The replay was the same day as the Dublin bombings alright but the bombs went off nearly two hours before kick off. Iā€™d say the ould lad was spinning you a bit of an owl yarn.

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How were there so few draws in big knock out soccer matches before penalties??

Bent referees.

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It seems absolutely mental percentage wise. Almost every second or third big game now seems to go to penalties.
Were loads of games decided late by dodgy decisions or what ?

When Ramsey destroyed soccer by changing to 2 forwards from 4 and changing the mentality to trying not to concede from trying to score, the scores came down and teams started trying not to lose games rather than trying to win. They had to introduce penalties there were so many teams trying not to lose

ā€œour Italian humility is the best humility in the entire worldā€

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The Spanish and English fans on here are still badly hurting.

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We donā€™t respect England, no. We find them arrogant and xenophobic and consistently disrespectful to Italian football when we have so much more than them and never lost to them in an international tournament. The booing of our anthem was the final straw.

We beat them in their own back yard, came back roaring after a terrible start, now we will enjoy it.

The English and Spanish fans need to get other their losses here and stop bitching about it.

We donā€™t win this without humility though, being humble and calling out the English arrogance are not mutually exclusive

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The Wikipedia boys out again last night

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England are not a rival to Italy

Italy is so far ahead of England in many aspects of life e.g. art, architecture, culture, engineering, motoring, diet and general cooking etc. I could go on.

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Italy didnā€™t beat England on Sunday night in the soccer match. It was a draw.

Congratulations on your draw.

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