England played earlier.
Round of 16 | England vs Slovakia | Spain vs Georgia
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That was the Darts
81 likes in twenty minutes. Embarrassing.
Checked who Spain were playing against Morocco in 2022 when Morocco knocked them out.
Busquets started that game? Can't remember that at all. Upfront they had Ferran Torres and Dani Olmo. Yamal & Williams are so much more exciting.
Busquets started that game? Can't remember that at all. Upfront they had Ferran Torres and Dani Olmo. Yamal & Williams are so much more exciting.
Yeah, you make a great point. Their wingers love to score so Morata works well for them. If you have a striker who wants to score himself, you need wingers to assist more, be selfish less. Very much the problem we have at United
Our wingers don't work for HojlundWill be a very tough match for us. Williams vs. Kimmich could be a key duel.
Yeah. Really looking forward to it.
Spain have been really pedestrian in last decade. Still can keep possession with their eyes closed but just passing for passing's sake. Pretty poor run by their standards to go out of tournaments to Italy, Russia and Morocco in last 16 since 2016.
Yamal and Williams give them an incredible alternative way to play. Basically their default setting is to knock it around like Man. City in near robotic manner. However those two mean they can now counter attack like Arsenal/Liverpool do.
It's going to take an exceptional performance from someone to beat them over 90/120 minutes. Germany on home turf won't be easy but think they win that.
Southgate extremely lucky tonight, it’s embarrassing how badly he has this team playing. What in the name of god was the logic in brining Tony on with 90 seconds left?
I expect the Germans will be kicking lumps out of the young Spanish wingers.
Some nice football from Georgia, just a little hurried in the last part, they could've hurt Spain and made it quite difficult and perhaps put pressure on Spain to unsettle them.
Spain do seem to have all the play types at their disposal. Can't wait to see how they do against Germany.
Spain do seem to have all the play types at their disposal. Can't wait to see how they do against Germany.
At least this Spain team is fun to watch, been decades since that was true.
Amazing what happens when you finally get some dynamic wingers and commit to playing more direct.
No idea how England won that
Nah, not their style.
Morata is still that morata we all know, Pedri was pretty off as well. Rodri was incredible
Its so enjoyable seeing Spain play.
To be fair, as shite as they were for over an hour, it was pure domination from the hour mark and Slovakia were absolutely out on their feet. Felt inevitable that if England made the pressure count and get the equaliser, there was only one way the match was going.
Yup, infinitely more fun to watch. So much so I could almost cheer them on again after 15 years of absolutely detesting the boring feckers.
Would have been very funny if England got knocked out. I think that momentum boost will probably get them over the line to the final but they still have to improve massively. It's embarrassing how poorly they're performing.
Don't think they'll be at Switzerland. I was thinking they'll improve a lot yesterday but it was more of the same and they barely got over the line. There seem to be some fundamental issues in the XI that Southgate doesn't want to address and that would mean they'll struggle again versus a very impressive Swiss team.
There's always the element of individual quality when you have Foden, Kane and Bellingham, which saved them yesterday, but you can't rely on that always.
I'm resigned to them losing so it's a shock when they win. I have no hopes to beat Switzerland.
I feel like they run on vibes though. Those vibes always seem to get them out of tricky situations. Switzerland will be a huge test though and it won't be a surprise if they lose.
He's also older than LY's dad
An example where expectations can only be set by the level of performance to match. England don't have the foundations to successfully win football games so it will require individual brilliance to bail them out.
Honestly, you could just swap the white shirt for red, the trajectory and narrative of this England team is exactly the same as United. The only difference is they have a greater selection in player quality from the midfield to attack so it's more of a indication of poor coaching.
United approaching 36 months with no more than 2 months at best of playing well from a performance standpoint. The resemblance is uncanny.