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

[King Eric 7]

The positives:

We played well.
Some of the United lads will be coming home.
I can't actually watch the whole final which will not be as interesting as it could have been.

 

[MO_Football92]

England played well but Southgate took off their best player, Saka. Without him there's no real threat.

 

[Nick7]

List them for me. They’d a couple of shots from long range and two penalties. What match were you watching?

Saka missed from like 5 yards out at 1-1 to be fair.

 

[redshaw]

France took their chances we didn't take ours. We also could've put them under more pressure with subs a bit earlier but there is the worry of a fast counter. Overall not the titanic battle, it was played quite respectfully and open for both teams and England fizzle out once again.

 

[Andycoleno9]

Maybe one of our teams will take them down

Slim slim chance. Especially in final. They never play some scary shit football but they are just unbeatable.
Last WC in final we fully dominated them in first half. Result of that half was 2:1. For them.
Amazing team.

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

Cheers Harry.

instead of losing on penalties, they lose because he missed a penalty.

thats 30 minutes back for everyone

Aye, this is exactly how it’d have played out had he scored. Saved us all the time.

Still think Southgate’s a nob for playing Rashford so little for the second tournament running.

 

[Houdini]

feck is it with us and penalties.

I am starting to think that it is a mental thing with English players. The talent is clearly there but can't score when it matters the most.

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

I think France had an off night, but did England nullified them? They didn't seem as good as in other games.

I think they sat back a bit after getting that early goal.

 

[Stadjer]

Shit ref. An opening goal that should’ve been chalked off. A penalty we should’ve had. England the slightly better team. Lucky winner off Maguire’s shoulder. Kane bottling it. Spirit of Chris Waddle. Time for Southgate to give someone else a bash at it.

You had two

 

[Member 58925]

List them for me. They’d a couple of shots from long range and two penalties. What match were you watching?

I’m not going to waste my time making lists for you kid you’re full of s*** or just blind if you think England didn’t create anything outside of set plays. Run along now.

 

[hellhunter]

You can only have so many "miracles". Seriously though, their squad is diminished

Yeah after the matches against Spain and Portugal, they can't have much left in the tank. And in addition to that half the team is injured

 

[duffer]

Watch Rashford be crucified in the media for missing the freekick at the end, while Kane walks away with no criticism for missing the pen.

Nah, not a chance.

 

[Pscholes18]

Fecking Southgate, son of a whore

 

[Dirty Schwein]

Gutted. Thought we played well there. Argentina and Messi to win it imo. Has a touch of destiny about it.

Need to have a Ronaldo cam for that ...

 

[krazyrobus]

List them for me. They’d a couple of shots from long range and two penalties. What match were you watching?

Kane 1 on 1 with Loris on the right side, could not lift the ball over Lloris.

Maguire with open header that hits the post

 

[The Hilton]

Cry me a river. The impressive teams are out…
In football, winning is more important then being impressive apparently.

This is a bizarrely hostile response, I was just pointing out that France were second best and looked very vulnerable, but are still very likely in the final (unless Morocco do to them what they did to England).

 

[Santoryo]

Meh not really. I’d say the better team lost but that’s tournament football. This English team is young enough to come again and I’m sure it will do beyond Southgate.

Well done and enjoy the rest of the tournament

But how many time are you going to bottle your chances before your window closes?

You should have never let Croatia beat in 18 nor should have never let Italy beat you on home soil in the final. This time you were up against a France ravaged by injury with Morocco waiting for you in the semi finals and you blew it.

 

[Ramshock]

What a very strange post this is. I can only guess you've been on the booze, enjoy!

not a drop mate, high on life

 

[acnumber9]

Saka missed from like 5 yards out at 1-1 to be fair.

Mmmm. The ref gave offside for that.

 

[Superunknown]

Unlucky. Thought England were the better team, but Southgate bottled it by not going for the kill in the second half before France got their second. Rashford should've come on so much sooner.

Have to say that I really can't stand watching Harry Kane play now. He's on the left wing, the right wing, central midfield, his own half...why can't we just play him as a striker? He's wasting so much energy elsewhere on the pitch in ineffective positions and isn't then where we need him to be for the big chances. Thought Saka provided so much more today and was our most likely goal threat. Just felt that Kane actually became less effective as the game went on, and Rashford should've been thrown into the mix. We had so much of the ball without finishing them off, due to the way we attacked.

Bah, annoying, this was there to be won.

 

[DevilRed]

We always say that.

Not really. We got dicked by italy. Prior to that it was germany. Before that it was brazil.

We almost always get outplayed in the knockouts against the top tier teams.

Today was refreshing.

 

[jeff gurr]

We were the better team but that doesn't matter. We bottle it everytime when it comes to these games. Typical England.

Being "the better team" doesn't count for anything. The game is decided by who scores more goals & England couldn't score. A bench full of quality attacking players who don't get to play. Southgate is a brutal manager !!! Zero Flair !!

 

[Klopper76]

Need to have a Ronaldo cam for that ...

He will be where he would’ve been even if Portugal had made it…not on the pitch.

 

[Kopral Jono]

The better team lost on the night, though France looked like they had another gear in them. On another day the outcome could have been different.

 

[Reiver]

Come on ITV, show the big crowd scene when Kane misses

 

[FromTheBench]

England were the better team but missed the chances and messed up their changes.

 

[Barnslig]

Nah, not a chance.

Not a chance Rashford gets crucified, or Kane walking away without criticism?

 

[ExoduS]

This was a game England should have won. Reality is cruel sometimes.

 

[RoadTrip]

Agree with you that it was a good performance from England, but wouldn’t say we deserved to win it. Other than the first penalty, Kane wasn’t really at his best and we had very little luck with the ref tonight. Every time the French moved up the pitch you just sensed a real threat.

Not saying we deserved to win but we didn’t deserve to lose either. And that’s almost always the case for England in tournaments.

 

[Scarlett Dracarys]

I don't like this World Cup

 

[Pink Moon]

Must be gutting to lose to France when Mbappe doesn't even play.

 

[BorisManUtd]

Enjoyed watching this game, England were slightly better overall I'd say but France more clinical and Kane's missed penalty won the game for France basically.

 

[Darkhorsez]

Feel gutted for England. Deserved more. Difference is really the managers

 

[Fooza]

to be fair when I was young I used to be emotionally invested watching England in tournaments, till I grew up and realised it'll never happen. It's not been the same since, it's just chilled been waiting for inevitable knock out.

 

[Hoof the ball]

We did well in general, but, really how many clear opportunities did we actually create?

 

[duffer]

Not a chance Rashford gets crucified, or Kane walking away without criticism?

Not a chance Rashford gets crucified while Kane gets nothing.

 

[Gringo]

France defence are idiotic. Some ridiculous fouls. If I were Deschamps I would be giving some of those defenders a bollocking.

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

So the abuse (since that crowd will abuse regardless and is an ultra minority) only matters if it's racial?

Not sure how you've come up with that. Ignorance as usual!

 

[Redfrog]

England very unlucky.

« I have many good generals, give me a lucky one. » Napoleon.

 

[redshaw]

List them for me. They’d a couple of shots from long range and two penalties. What match were you watching?

Kane had a one on one with the keeper. Did you nip to the shops or something?