Forsberg has been absolutely incredible.
Day 17: England vs Germany | Sweden vs Ukraine (Ro16 7&8)
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this is a fantastic match.
It really is, and I expected it to be a borefest. Shows what I know.
Isak is a much better striker than Memphis Depay.
If the tickets were not obscenely priced I’ve no doubt more people would be there
Sweden look the much better side.
What are they charging for a seat behind the goal? 50 pounds?
Ukraine need a second wind and pretty quickly. Looking very leggy all of a sudden, not getting near anybody.
Yarmolenko is a bit of a mystery to me. Why hasn't he been a good player in a top league consistently - not settled, psychological? He's massive, quick, talented on the ball, has scored bags of goals for Ukraine and Dynamo. You see him do bits and pieces and think theres a player but he's now 31 and has never amounted to anything outside domestic and international football.
Yarmolenko is a bit of a mystery to me. Why hasn't he been a good player in a top league consistently - not settled, psychological? He's massive, quick, talented on the ball, has scored bags of goals for Ukraine and Dynamo. You see him do bits and pieces and think theres a player but he's now 31 and has never amounted to anything outside domestic and international football.
Sweden has us fooled with that in the trenches, park the double.decker performance against Spain. They're actually a really good team capable of great attacking football.
How expensive were they? The Budapest tickets were quite reasonable, I watched our game against France for €30.
To be fair Spain just can make any side into submission.
It’s a day like that(Senegal 02, Holland 04), bar and posts. We will lose in overtime.
Going to be gutted when Sheva inevitably leaves to manage AC. The difference in football since he's been in charge is absolutely ridiculous and there's a really decent group of players there. Not world beaters by any stretch of the imagination but enough to get to major tournaments and do themselves justice when they get there.
The Ukrainian FA absolutely fluked it by going with him as manager and I don't trust them at all to get an appointment right when the time comes.
The Ukrainian FA absolutely fluked it by going with him as manager and I don't trust them at all to get an appointment right when the time comes.
Nah, aside from a few moments of individual quality from Isak, they showed very little interest in venturing beyond the halfway line
Extra time would be a massive bonus for England here, especially with the heat of Rome to come on Saturday.
Prob just as much to do with the UEFA ticketing system.
I could have bought tickets to the England vs Germany match 5 mins before KO. unfortunately for me, the first time I was able to get them was at 15:30 today, after three days trying.
It’s a disgrace that tickets went unsold to a game that would have sold out twice over of the ticket system worked.
Ukraine winning on pens would be ideal for England.
Too busy with their deep-fried Mars bars and Irn Bru.
True. A couple of suspensions would be nice as well!
Just lacking a killer in the box.
Zlatan would have had a field day in this tournament.
Isak and Kulusevski in a couple of years will be mint.
I would guess a lot of the reason Sweden look more ambitious and improved is Ukraine's system, they seem to just defend deep with 5 or 6 in the box. That makes it pretty easy to sustain possession and then attacks. Ukraine look kinda lacking in fitness too.
Shite refereeing that.
Hiwnis that a yellow card. Ref's a numpty.
a yellow for that, ffs
Why Sweden didnt bring Jesper Karlsson is a mystery to me. Best, by far, the best player in Allsvenskan and been mint in Holland. But no, we choose Sebastian Larsson from a midtable team in AIK.
Stop putting 'the' in front of Ukraine, Keown, you missing link looking cnut.
feck twellman
A real insult to anyone at any stage of the evolutionary process, that
Scandinavia seem to get one great striker per generation. Sweden got the last one. Norway have got the next one. Denmark patiently await their turn.
Would have been nice to have him, agree.
England has probably the most talented team, yet they line up with 5 defenders and 2 holding midfielders. Your coach (I assume you're English) has absolutely no clue.
England might scrape past Sweden or Ukraine, but with tactics like that they won't make it past the semis.
Haha maybe you’re right. But what about Isak!!?
Sorry I got a bit excited
Sweden got two in a row
England has probably the most talented team, yet they line up with 5 defenders and 2 holding midfielders. Your coach (I assume you're English) has absolutely no clue.
England might scrape past Sweden or Ukraine, but with tactics like that they won't make it past the semis.
With the same tactical set up, France won the world cup and Portugal won the Euro 16. Ofcourse they didn't play the same formation but both teams relied on defense and counter attacks to win.
Yep, that’s how I feel as well!
God these 2 teams are absolute shite