Day 19: Morocco vs Portugal | England vs France (QF 3&4)

Both teams deserved to be at least in the semis. Shame one of them must buy tickets tonight.
 
Southgate better be quicker to resign after this shitshow than Mbappe at 100m
 
The ref looks like he celebrates any foul for France
 
Southgate pissing the best group of England players up the wall in two of the most easily-laid out tournaments will haunt me forever. Jesus Christ.
 
If England won here they could have won the whole thing. Argentina is bang average.

England and penalties is never a happy ending
 
Zlatan 7 said:
France been comfortable all match. Get their goal and then just let England have the ball quite comfortable.

England just been penalty hunting all match, same as previous tournaments
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? England have dominated. They have cut in behind plenty of times. Fortunately for France, Southgate refused to bring on Rashford earlier.
 
Bobski said:
England are the best team at this tournament by some distance, this will be some feck up if they lose to this bang average France team.
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No, they’ve been good today but this is the same side that has a draw against a dire US team and choke when it matters. Not the best team but a good one for sure
 
C3Pique said:
Southgate pissing the best group of England players up the wall in two of the most easily-laid out tournaments will haunt me forever. Jesus Christ.
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Really has. The quality around Europe is at an all time low right now when England are loaded with talented players.
 
Zlatan 7 said:
France been comfortable all match. Get their goal and then just let England have the ball quite comfortable.

England just been penalty hunting all match, same as previous tournaments
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Thought England played pretty well, tbf.
 
Righteous Steps said:
Neither England or France have a Xavi or Scholes esque controller is my point, France won the World Cup without one and the team that produces probably the most ‘controllers’ are out of the cup, you could never go wrong with producing more Bellingham esque players.

Sorry for going on a tangent but this post Pep ideals that every nation and great team must have a bunch of Xavi Busquets esque players is annoying, Spain themselves only had one golden generation and have done nothing after.

I see someone try to talk up the likes of Pedri Xavi type midfielders as an example of ‘Total football’ and knock Bellingham for not fitting into that ideal of football from the Dutch who the Spanish obviously take inspiration from, when really Bellingham is more of an example of total football ideals than a lot of one position based midfield playmakers who can’t influence all spheres of play or even play in different positions.

England do need to produce more Scholes type players, but you never can go wrong with also producing the likes of Bellingham because after all that passing you need penetration and someone who can influence the game in the final third.
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Exactly none of them have that player and its why they are all relatively shit to the teams they were when they had one. Bellinham is great but worth 30m because he can't control a game. Neither can Gavi or the rest so that's what they are worth too. Modric is till the best midfielder in the World because those coming after him aren't worth their weight. Bellingham may become the best midfielder in the World but even if he does then he is still worth 30m because he still wouldn't be able to control a game. A great player, sure, but one that is horribly limited.
 
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