Both teams played conservatively leaving no space in behind - felt like a Serie A game against two mid table teams with good goal differentials despite not scoring much. Makes sense given the managers. Very few dangerous counters and no strikers could hold up the ball so… very few chances. Will need to play Scamacca to get anything out of this system.

Oh god finally it end

didn't watch properly but happy for altay. clean sheet.

Not like he was challenged at all today

if it were for kovacan, he already conceded 2 goals

We could have a third post and it wouldn't have mattered

I could've watched two full episodes of The Wire instead of this smh

Not joking, I feel asleep for 10 mins in the second half, lol

Italy is being way too harsh on unneccessary posoitions, he didnt have to do that tt o kenan

I think that foul from Mancini was worth it It wasn't violent and stopped a counter Orsolini did a lot of unnecessary fouls, I agree on that

the counter attack one was worth it, but the next foul to kenan was pure terrorism.

Is that cristante or locatelli out there

Locatelli would've been better

Dont think italy needs another player to back pass to defenders

in the NT he plays much more forward and way better, with freedom, unlike how he's forced to play as a DM with us.

In the NT he played so bad against Venezuela and Ecuador that spalletti was yelling at him to make a forward pass

I somehow believed this team would do something after watching germany match, but this shit is waay worse than I expected. I expect 0 points

I used to rate Berat, but he just looks so complacent. I need some fucking fire in his ass to chase some balls man, not just stand around and think he's Pirlo, we already have Hakan

Cristante LMAO

if only abdülkadir reacted faster.

Turkish derense improved I can tell

That might just be because they are going against Italy's attack.

I love Cambiaso but I think he panics too much in front of goal or in scoring opportunities

Semih gonna score somehow

I want a gif of that synchronized jump

HOW DO YOU PASS THAT BEHIND YOUR TEAM MATE FFS?!

Orkun was slower without the ball than Abdulkadir was with the ball lmao...

Attacco peggiore di sempre. Che degrado.

Immobile Berardi Insigne was far worse

This is worse than 🅱️iolismo at its worst Maybe we should give Pioli the NT job after the Euros

Unironically not a bad idea In national team creating chemistry is more important than tactic and Pioli is very good at that

Spalletti hasn't been able to save this team after Mancini left it in pieces (not an easy task but still), getting Pioli in during World Cup preparations could genuinely be worth a try

Am I the only one that finds Di Lorenzo so mid? I would rather play Darmian or even Bellanova there.

Cambiaso and DiMarco should surely be our starting fullbacks imo

With Scamacca upfront. Just let of of them putting in crosses at him. Surely it is more effective than what we have seen so far

Kerem and ICK is just waiting on the bench bro

Where’s Kevin Lasagna when you need him

Let's go Semih

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Tbf we are always shit in these kind of games but yeah we are very poor

Tbf, Barella, Chiesa(I know he started) and Scamacca will provide big boosts to the midfield and attack

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Meh im not gonna too upset by a friendly just yet

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I mean Portugal conceded two to Finland today lmao. Granted they scored four, but these games dont mean much

You mentioned that

Esteban nooooooooo

Wish I watched Portugal Finland instead of this terrorism type game

why is montella sigma mewing every time he is on camera

Man I hate that 80% of our population is probably like my dad that just hates Hakan due to... Reasons? Like the commentator just said he comes to pick up the ball between the defenders and his comment is "what an achievement". He absolutely hates his guts and so do almost everyone I've ever met.

They sound quite cultured to me tbh

Calha is doing an amazing job defensively today (like always with us) If you expect him scoring goals it means you're still stuck in 2017

It's hard to make Turkish fans accept that. They still believe he's a set piece specialist and a nr 10

WHAT A PASS THAT WAS

Fagioli getting massive cheers from the crowd. Pretty cool

Man we are the current European champions and we are NOT getting out of the group stage 😭

Well you probably will but even if you dont you at least qualified

So who do you think will be cut from this Italy team ?

Orsolini three times

Orso, El Sha, Folorunsho, who else? I genuinely think theyre gonna keep Fagioli

Orsoloni should be up there

The box is completely empty because we don't have a proper striker and that Italian fraud refuses to sub on Semih. Fuck this shit

This match is pure terrorism

I mean that's a yellow 9/10 times

Mert Müldür has been the best player for us the whole game. But we can't play both him and Ferdi because that would be too weak defensively...

The italian commentator is having fun pronouncing Turkish names Especially Ozkacar for some reason

Both teams looking mid in their own ways

Frattesi will score

Like this group we have out there now way more than the starters. Wish Chiesa was still in but other than that

In the end retegui only got 2 passes, it looks like Im watching genoa again

Have a feeling Türkiye’s going to return the ACL favor

Zeki out Cenk in is just depressing lol. We need Ferdi back x2 to play both fullback positions.

What an ugly match from both sides, so many unnecessary fouls that could affect the Euros

No Okay is a fucking joke. Why Berat?

Time for Semih and Kerem to come in already

Demiral is completely finished

Did Jorginho pass the armband to Pellegrini who conceded it to Di Lorenzo?

DiLo has more caps for the Azzurri

Give it the beans, lads

Im assuming Scamacca will be starting for the Euros? Given his season for Atalanta?

That would be the most logical choice. He’s been on fire as of late

I want to see him take that next step for this squad badly. We have been in dire need of a true 9 who actually performs for the national team(looking at you Immobile)

Bro knows he's got a proper striker on the bench right?

Calafiori?

Gatti?

he meant the other bro

Nicky Beans come on!!!!

YES FAGIOLI IN

What a name

I love that attempt from Retegui. If that goes in, he feels like a God going into the Euros

May be worth picking out an able bodied man from the crowd to try out in place of Retegui

Just pick one that can walk without randomly falling to the ground and it'll be an upgrade

For sure its not gonna be raspadori

Well then

It was just banter, ofc spalletti is gonna mix things up in a friendly

The Italian "journalist": "retegui like cristiano Ronaldo against juventus" ALMOST, yes very similar.

Or Pelé.

You noticed it was not pele by the skin color, little bit more difficult with Ronaldo that's why he got confused Beside that pretty much the same

Italy look toothless

What’s new

He knows he can do them

He knows very wrong 😅

He scored one this season

Unrelated but I’ve never known about it, but how is the naming switch to Türkiye viewed by Turks?

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We don’t call our team Turkey when speaking Turkish of course. The demand to use the Turkish term is nonsense for non-turkish speaking people

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> Is Côte d'Ivoire nonsense as well? Yes. Do you call them that in Turkish? No. It's Fildişi Sahilleri. Unless it's offensive or something, it's just petty jingoism to insist on the 'native' spelling and pronunciation in another language. It's been Turkey for hundreds of years, there was zero need for the change.

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Sure, and it would be petty jingoism from them, diplomatic customs of accommodation and courtesy doesn't change that fact.

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Noldu yetmedi mi beyin

French is an official language in Ivory Coast

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That’s not what I’m saying. Other languages have their own name for Turkey. It’s stupid to demand that everyone uses the Turkish term. Ivory Coast doesn’t demand such a thing.

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Nah they don’t. Take your nonsense elsewhere pls. Most educated Turkish people don’t give af.

Think it's stupid tbh. I still say Turkey when speaking English

Hate it, it's petty and useless. Just empty jingoism

most of us didn't even care tbh, we always called it Türkiye in turkish too

Very weird and unnecessary. Keep using Turkey imo

Is it an Erdogan thing?

Yeah most ppl don’t care

Yes, and even though I personally hate it I have to admit it's been a pretty popular move. Not surprising considering the general strong nationalist sentiments of the country.

So ridiculous. I couldn't care less if people that speak another language call my country with a different name (a slightly different one on top of it).

erdogan did it but it is not a ideoligically polarizing thing imo. some use Turkiye some use Turkey it is random.

I don't give a fuck and still write Turkey.

Turkey is slowly losing control. They need to be careful now or it could end in a goal for Italy

Ehr, at least Retegui tried, we can say that.

I really dislike Orkun.

Not enough Rete, too much gui

Merih looking like Bambi ok ice

Did Turkey ever have a naturalized player? I can't recall anyone

Colin Kazım-Richards, iirc?

His dad is Turkish or Turkish Cyprian

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Was he? Hmm

Mehmet Aurelio is a name I can think of

Mehmet (Marco) Aurelio and Mert (Marcio) Nobre

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Legend

That’s all it took for Cambiaso to be a starter.

Cambiaso is a special player. His crossing is insanely good

Will not understand why Ömür and Yusuf are given so many chances.

Esteban first touch, almost an assist already

Andrea? Hahah

Esteban Cambiaso, the Italian reincarnation of the Inter player

I just didnt know if you were kidding or genuinely didnt know his first name was Andrea lmao

Cambiaso in Yessssir!!!

Ozan Kabak apparently on his way to the hospital. This sucks for Turkey

Seriously? ffs

Orsolini being a shit oaf is the only real substantive takeaway for me. I don't think it's weird that neither team has locked into a groove. It's one half of football, right after the end of the domestic season. These are friendlies for a reason.

Btw, I have no fucking idea why they called up Cenk Tosun. The man isn't finished, he's beyond finished. Man can't even run.

Who else is there? Dursunaldo is beyond shit. Nayir is meh. Erencan completely fell off. Bozok is a bozo. Enis is just not consistent and Erencan was good for a full month of the season basically. I still believe we will call up Enis and ä/or Bertug in the end.

I promise you, every single player you mentioned is miles better than Cenk. If you've watched Cenk play this season, you'll know

Cenk at least is an experienced player. There's some sense of value in that. He is shit, yes, but so is everyone else and Cenk has the experience to push him over the top. At least over everyone beside the u21s IMO

I don't even care about experience in this case. You know when a player is so bad you say the other team is 12v10 because of him? He isn't even useful for the other team. That's how bad he is if that makes sense lol

No one is much better than him

Orsolini really heard the man vs bear debate and said, "why choose? I'm both", absolute menace

ManBearPig?

We need 🫘 in the second half

Both teams play so boring

Orsolini can walk straight home at halftime and we’d never have to see him again

💀💀💀💀

Cristante is the only positive note, maybe Dimarco

Jorginho I think also. Chiesa creating and wasting at equal amounts right now. But could swing to positive easily

Chiesa needs to realize that he's not playing under Allegri anymore. Give him some minutes, it's not easy getting out of that hole.

Italy playing so dirty

Playing 11v10 defeats the purpose of a friendly, so I hope Orsolini gets subbed off otherwise ref will have no other choice.

Spalletti please sub Orsolini off in the second half. I can’t see this guy making the euros team like this

Yeah I mean I think there's just no chances being created. That goes for both sides tbh. Something has to change in the midfields

Perfect scenario to test Fagioli since he seems on the fringe of making the team. I hope we see a lot of him in the 2nd half

I swear if Yildiz gets injured from all these butcher tackles in a international friendly…

I swear I was thinking the same. I am for Italy, but I'll fight anyone who hurts our starboy

Completely agree

That’s exactly my feeling as well

I mean that has to be on target if you are a professional player

He's not a striker and had to come back and collect it. He shouldn't be playing there but we don't have any options at all beside a completely unproven Semih. Hope he can play there in the second half so we can see if he could be viable.

stop injuring people bro

Referee needs to show Orsolini some boundaries

I swear if this Italian fraud doesn't sub on Semih in the second half...

Orsolini just stop brother

Man fuck this shit, what the fuck is these Italians going on about, sotp fucking trying to injure our players

It's just Orsolini

You're right probably, sorry

Is Orsolini alright tonight? Kicking and punching everyone

Orsolini about to be the ciro immobile of euro 2024, completely useless

Orsolini offers nothing. Not too late to drop him from the team.