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Slovakia were simply the better team.

Well yeah, no mention of that. Always disappointing when you realise that a football commentator doesn’t really follow football.

Finnish commentator just said that Dubravka has been at NUFC for a year.

Come on ref

Oh Dubs

Trossard 9, Lukaku 10

I still think Mudryk will come good, just too much raw talent. Just not there mentally after the move.

Googled and it’s a Romanian club. Hagi owns 79.9%, Rivaldo 10%.

And now they bring on Hagi, not fair.

I thought Romania would be the most boring team in the tournament.

Lunin has to save that.

Mykolenko is injured iirc. Not a strong half from Tsygankov and Sudakov.

Looks even better from other angles.

Real Madrid paid 100m for a box-to-box Bellingham and IMO played him further up out of necessity due to Benzema leaving and them not really having that many quality attacking players. He would be just as good playing next to Rice.

Bellingham would excel deeper too and would be 100% better option than TAA there, would be making most of the same runs too. Would also allow Foden to play in his natural position and a proper LW in his natural position.

Seems like a natural replacement for Mbappe.

Play him in his natural position then. It feels harsh at some players but he has to play either at right or at 10 even if that means dropping Saka to the bench or Jude next to Rice. Trying to fit in all England's best players to the lineup in any way possible has never really worked for England.

Beckham would be so interesting in a modern game. Him cutting in from the left would be deadly but I'm not sure if he had the physical traits or dribbling to play that position. Possibly a tidy CM with amazing passing range and a threat from set-penises?

Obviously every player would look better at Man City. Doesn't mean Foden isn't extremely talented and clearly world class. The team should be built around him and Bellingham.

Yeah, he should be shoehorned to 10 or right even if that means leaving a big name on the bench. Dropping Bellingham next to Rice is such a no-brainer especially against the minnows when there's no clear CM partner for Rice but Southgate is too scared to play without the double pivot. You could be so exciting to watch under a progressive manager, that squad is so talented.

I just don't understand why you would invite pressure like that after the dominating start, Serbia are less likely to score when they are in their own box. Yeah, Serbia didn't create much but all it takes is one cross or an accidental foul in the box. Southgate really is a dinosaur.

Nah, he senses it everywhere.

They could if they were allowed to.