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That was a much more fair read than I was expecting. Think I have to give some credit for the culture of never giving up that Southgate has created but it could be much easier if he actually had some tactical plan of how to win these games without moments of individual brilliance. He’s just a nicer Pardew to me as harsh as it sounds.

We got knocked out in the qualifiers mate.

That was the problem with it, technically fouls but they are never given when the attacker gets the shot away unless it’s a red card foul like Romero last season. I don’t think anyone in this thread was asking for a pen which tells a lot.

I know, I already decided to leave 45 minutes ago until the final.

Saka chance doesn’t count but neither team created much which xg shows perfectly. You had some good long range efforts but they are not really chances, just individual quality. First half was a much better watch than I expected but second half was really boring, can’t even remember any attacks from you outside the goal and the offside goal by Saka.

Anything can happen but I’m going to be putting some money on Spain based on the early odds. It’s not only the wingers, they also have Olmo and Ruiz in the inside and feel like it’s just too much to handle for this England. The ease of how Spain turned the game around against France, the champions of boring bus parkers was really impressive.

Without the pen that wasn’t a pen, xG was roughly 0.50 vs 0.50 in a match that was tied for the most part. Standards are really low when that performance gets massive praise, both teams represented the big nations in this tournament really well.

Have you watched the most expensive squad in the tournament fumbling through the first five matches? Undeserved bicycle equalizer in the injury time against Slovakia? It’s been terrible regardless of the results, can’t fucking wait to watch some Howe ball after this shite from Deschamps, Southgate, Martinez and co.

You probably deserved to win that but you still had an extremely soft penalty and an injury time winner. First half was good but second was a tough watch, Southgate once again absolutely no ability to react to the game. I’m not going to give him any credit for the subs, taking off Kane for fresh legs and bringing Palmer on are complete no-brainers.

They have been the best team in this tournament by far though.

2 added minutes is wild. You scored at 90 and the game resumed at 93.

You’ve been very edgy, fair play.

While being himself the biggest non-South American cheat of the modern game…

Ref is garbage.

Southgate really hated that first half.

If Dumfries goes down you could argue it’s a foul the other way. Such an unnecessary and bullshit VAR interference.

Those are technically fouls but never given when an attacker gets the shot away. I don’t know why but that’s how it has always been and the ref fucked up.

These are never penalties man.

What an idiot this guy is btw.

It's Shak ffs, an obvious joke referencing N-O folklore.

Get up ffs, barely touched him

France are so passive, would never know they are a goal down on added time without the scoreboard.

That's impressive level of pettiness ffs.

Turkey have been really fun to watch. Couple of world class players (Guler, Calhanoglu), couple of new stars (Kadioglu, Yilmaz) and tons of passion and fighting from the rest.