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Just read some of Martinez’s post-match comments. He’s such a politician man, sounds like he’s trying to save face and go on about how successful he’s been when in reality he’s been largely complete shit when it matters

Did Jonathan Pearce have some sort of absence seizure during that game? How could he not compute that the ball had two questionable moments where they needed to review it with goal line technology

How unbelievably good are Japan’s fullbacks at getting tight to Spain’s wide players

Asano should have buried that. Which game is the one to watch here?

This group stage for Japan makes zero sense

Almost no foul intentionally stops a goal with handball so it’s a bit different like. I don’t have so much of an issue with the handball, a lot of players would do it. It was the total lack of respect for Ghana and him being a dickhead that did it for me

It’s called not being a total dickhead. There’s no way I’d celebrate like that in people’s faces that I’ve just cheated out of a tournament

Genuinely pathetic tournament from Belgium. I know they’re aging but they’ve still got quality players in a lot of positions. Roberto Martinez is a fraud like

Lukaku on the take here?

Wasn’t it also the egregious way he celebrated like crazy when Gyan missed the penalty. Not enough to cheat but then to have no humility at all

Fuck

Fuck Poland going through based on this

That one was both a great pen and an outstanding save though. You almost never get both together

Nice to see one nation taking a stand against Qatar and deciding not to play football as a form of protest. Well done Poland

Absolutely insane to give that, he hasn’t denied a goal scoring opportunity and he was playing to go for the ball not the man. Genuinely baffling

Poland have come with little intention of playing football here, ghastly display so far

Also, who else is as good at ball retention as Messi? Can’t think of anyone I’ve ever seen when it comes to dribbling

It’s the debate that never dies. I hate Ronaldo but he’s amongst the very best headers of the ball of all time, his ability to strike a ball off both feet is great and he has fantastic movement. Messi is a better footballer by every other metric, his passing is amongst the best of all time both long and short, his vision is the best of all time, his left foot is the best of all time, he’s one of the best free kick takers of all time. He’s just an absolute joy to watch

Howay Messi

Why not just have a penalty shoot out and miss out on the game, FIFA? What a ridiculous idea

Feel like Foden has to start and Rashford can’t really be dropped after that second half performance but I also love Saka. Mount should be nowhere near the team and the same goes for Henderson

Just love Bellingham and the way he moves with the ball, he’s such a fantastic player

Wilson is so much more direct than Kane, his acceleration is far better too. Kane is a great playmaker as we’ve seen but he gets way more space for Spurs because of the way they counter attack rapidly. I’d honestly play Wilson ahead of him in games where teams set up as a low block against us. I know the game’s more open now but Wilson is class

Danny Ward been laying some bets before this match?

Great confidence from Rashford