Round of 16 | France vs Belgium | Portugal vs Slovenia

JPRouve

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I standby that, Deschamps is a creativity black hole. I don't think he will give an important role to a player of Caqueret's profile.
He has done it with Cabaye, he started Zaire-Emerry when he was in form and obviously he trusted Pogba even when he was bad for France.
 

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I standby that, Deschamps is a creativity black hole. I don't think he will give an important role to a player of Caqueret's profile.
It's obviously Deschamps but who in the French ranks is a midfield passer who can help with the creativity?

Is Caqueret in the squad? Is he a midfield passer with vision and creativity?
 

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Tchoumeni scored that goal once and now thinks he can do it all the time.
 

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It's obviously Deschamps but who in the French ranks is a midfield passer who can help with the creativity?

Is Caqueret in the squad? Is he a midfield passer with vision and creativity?
He is a good passer but he isn't really creative. In this team the good passer that isn't on the field would be Zaire-Emery and then Camavinga.
 

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Mourinho should take over England or Portugal if his Fener stint ends abruptly. He's still good enough to win the World Cup and Euros with either IMO. The level of football displayed on this tournament has been a joke compared to club football, despite some exciting games as a result of it being less robotic and more "arcade".
 

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Mourinho should take over England or Portugal if his Fener stint ends abruptly. He's still good enough to win the World Cup and Euros with either IMO. The level of football displayed on this tournament has been a joke compared to club football, despite some exciting games as a result of it being less robotic and more "arcade".
I’d prefer Klopp took over us. He’d love the talent we have in the England squad.
 

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You know, i've defended this French side a lot but i've come to realise it really is just a slightly more creative England. It's just so bland if the counter attack isn't on for them.
 

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It's obviously Deschamps but who in the French ranks is a midfield passer who can help with the creativity?

Is Caqueret in the squad? Is he a midfield passer with vision and creativity?
In this current squad, there isn't a proper creator apart from Griezmann. There are other players who have creative qualities but I wouldn't say it's their speciality
 

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Looking at the likes of France, England and Belgium, it's a goddamn travesty that Spain and Germany will play each other already next round. Easily the two best teams of this tournament.
 

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Understand why France is taking all those long shots as Belgium are too deep and there is no space. They need a dribbler in attack to put the pressure on Belgium but for some reason replaced Thruram with Kolo Muani.