I couldn’t believe what I was seeing in just 2 minutes of the game. Rabiot already found the back of the net, an Italian defense, I mean how?!
Not to mention, the goal scoring was at Italy 1:2 France right before halftime. I predicted an under 2.5 for this match and it was already over 2.5 before halftime. France proceeded to scoring 2 more goals in the second half with Rabiot finding the net yet again. Rabiot won this game for France eventually and what a waste of 3.33 odd it was as, bookmarkers indeed favored Italy and underrated France like the rest of us did.
It's still unbelievable to me but if we think about player quality of Italy in their defense system, these conceded goals can be explained. Look at their defense players for this match, I only can see Bastoni is a player who is near to world class level. Other players, his teammates in this match in defensive area, are not at high quality.Not to mention, the goal scoring was at Italy 1:2 France right before halftime. I predicted an under 2.5 for this match and it was already over 2.5 before halftime. France proceeded to scoring 2 more goals in the second half with Rabiot finding the net yet again. Rabiot won this game for France eventually and what a waste of 3.33 odd it was as, bookmarkers indeed favored Italy and underrated France like the rest of us did.
Decrease of Italian players in quality has been big issues for their clubs and national team in the last twenty years. Since golden era of 1980s to 2000s, they no longer were able to produce good young players and it affects their national team.
Anyway I think we must give France a big applause because of their good ability to score goals from free kicks and head shots like this.
