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

Speaking of luck, this France side with Pogba, Kante and more importantly Benzema would have walked this tournament while sipping wine and eating a baguette.
Probably yes, but I think this mid-season WC is levelling the playing field to some extent.
 
England might have been the better team. But they need to learn to score without penalties
 
That's a bonehead decision by the defender. Can't even try to claim a shoulder barge with the ball in the air there.

Can that be a red card for last defender or does the attacker have to be in possession?
 
That should be a red not a yellow
He didn't even go for the ball
 
Now he gives the card after the players told him
 
What the feck are you on about? Gavi, Pedri, the bloke who scored for France, are all touted as much as Bellingham.

Bellingham is slightly overrated but that’s because he plays like a premier league standard midfielder having only just turned 19. He isn’t the best in the world but if he continues to develop he will be in the conversation in a few years easily. Agree he isn’t playing terribly well so far tonight, which is irritating. 150m buys you that potential, if he was 30 years old then you’d have a point.

If that's what 150m buys you then we might as well pack it in as far as football goes. None of those you mentioned is near that and ironically none of them can control a game either. Bellingham isn't 'slightly' overrated, he is majorly overrated. As are Gavi and Pedri. Embarrassing for them that the only midfielder 'worth' 150m is Modric who is a relic. If England had a prime Carrick or Scholes here then it'd be done. However they don't and the '150 million' player looks like another Gerrard who is lost in a game where he should be dominating it. His potential is simply that of a guy who needs a controller beside him at the top level and for me 150m is simply too much for that. A very good player sure, but simply another Dortmund construct. For 150m I want Keane, not Gerrard. You can say it buys potential but his play style will never change. For that money you will simply get a better version of him which is never wort 150m.