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Deschamps sacrificed his risk averse nature to play those 4 forwards and only took water carrier CDM types. They were always going to have a hard time against midfields technically better than theirs, and there are quite a few of those teams in the tournament. Spain are the first ones they’ve played (that have turned up), and they fell at the first hurdle of being challenged by a team unafraid of them.

Argentina. England has the second best midfield left, but it’s still behind Fabian and Rodri imo. We are bigger, stronger, faster than them. Could be a threat from set plays in a tight game. Spain will win the World Cup whoever they play imo.

IMO we beat Argentina surprisingly comfortably, then get comprehensively beaten 1-0 by Spain and barely have a shot on target

I don’t think anyone here can beat this Spain team to be honest, I really wanted France to win to give us a better chance.

Cough

Yamal has to stop diving. Should have had multiple yellows in this game

If Spain go a goal up, anyone is in big trouble. They are so good at seeing out a game. France finally have one shot on target all game, that is 5 total shots on target conceded all tournament.

Yamal should be off after that dive earlier

I think Spain have only conceded 4 shots on target ALL TOURNAMENT. Zero in this game.

Yamal should be booked for that dive imo

Our midfield is better than Frances comfortably. But Tuchel won’t change system now, we’d do the same thing again with the wide rotating triangles, and probably lose imo. But in a one off game you never know.

Kante is on the bench 👀 I actually expected Deschamps to revert to type and play 3 in the middle here, but even with three, I don’t think they can compete. Spanish 3 is just superior. And it’s not just the three, they have Cucurella inverting in there too.

They don’t have the players for it, they’ve bought water carrier midfielders to accommodate their front 4. They don’t have technical midfields who can come close to competing with Rodri, Olmo and Fabian.

Spain would choke us out like they do everyone else, France have more weaknesses as special as that forward line is

I thought this would happen vs Morocco, sadly they didn’t really show up. But the Spanish midfield is by far the best at this tournament

I would much rather play France than Spain in a potential final

This is exactly what they did when they won it in 2010, unspectacular, but just choke out their opponents

Got a lot of laugh reacts when I said Spain midfield would dominate France and they’d win this… Spain have far more control than every other team in this tournament. Going as expected so far

If it becomes open it 100% benefits England, especially with Messi offering almost nothing off the ball. We are a bigger, stronger and more athletic side all over the pitch. But they do have an intensity England may struggle to match. I personally think England could show up in a big way in this one… and if they do, it will be glorious, and the hype for the final is this country will be fantastic. They are vulnerable in wide areas, and Englands whole system is built about wide triangles and rotations. We should also dominate set pieces. If Rice, Saka and James are fit to start… I reckon we score 3 or 4.

This thought also put my mind at ease until I remembered that Begovic is probably our best keeper

I assume they are trying to manufacture a sense of scarcity and exclusivity around getting it, in the hope of boosting sales when it does launch online. In fairness, they have got a lot of people talking about it (largely thanks to the gold), so maybe it has worked

Time to cash in on that special relationship 😅

There were some perfectly fine individuals in our squads that got 3 out of 4 relegations in the last 4 seasons. With the same clowns in charge, and our potential financial ruin, I’m not ruling it out. so far we have zero evidence the slide is slowing down, nevermind stopping and reversing course.

50/1 is very tempting

Good point… with a bit of luck it will be the same badges, but it’ll probably be bright orange or something. Could be nice in a dark green maybe.