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Group G - Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England - BEL & ENG advance


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During one of the last WCs (Euros maybe?), Martinez was a pundit on ESPN and he was the only one that ever talked any sense and it was refreshing to watch someone who has actual tactical know-how explain things to shitheads like Alexi Lalas and Bob Ley.

 

IIRC that was WC 2010. And yeah, agreed.

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England might do better than people are expecting. Might not have the flair of some of the others, but the defence is relatively solid and there's genuine goal scorers in Kane/Vardy and Alli.

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Not watching this; are Panama no-hopers then?

 

Basically. Played well for quite a while, still getting beat 0-3. Rubbish at vital moments.

 

Bit of a disservice to the moments of quality taken to score each of the 3 goals IMO.

 

Aye, I know what you mean. They have genuinely done ok. Just even that has ended up in a 3-0 defeat.

 

I guess my point is the same as yours. They're never going to be able to compete with that sort of quality.

 

Fair enough. :thup: Could easily envisage England grinding away, dominating the ball but not making a breakthrough. So wouldn't call 'em no-hopers in that respect.

 

Aye, I dread England playing them.

 

First though... Tunisia...

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i mean that last night just confirmed everything i expected about this tournament - too much individual quality for shit teams like this but will be beaten by better quality opponents in the knockout stage who have better tactical knowledge combined with better quality

 

they do have a look of a team that if they click they'll destroy someone though, whether a weaker or stronger opponent, so you have to hope they reserve that for after the groups and go and dick someone unexpected

 

 

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Can someone explain how that's a pen? He fell into the box but the contact was outside the box.

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