BirraImperial
Pura Vida!
So a least we're playing better than the last couple of games...We were unlucky to concede after hitting the crossbar and the post...I just want one goal to at least not become the only goal-less team...
I wouldn't be so sure about the loopiness of the Beeb's pundits. Of course, Lineker's Law is finally refuted.Is it as loopy as the BBC's prediction of a Belgian Cup win?
↑! Once again they play better against the best rivals than against the lowly ones.Nah. If Salah had been on the field Uruguay would have won by two goals. They play better when they are not the favourites. Remember the last World Cup, where they beat Italy and England but lost (3-1!) to Costa Rica.
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I wouldn't be so sure about the loopiness of the Beeb's pundits. Of course, Lineker's Law is finally refuted.
So, the runner-up of the England and Belgium group would actually have an "easier" path to the final...I wonder how that game will turn out with both sides knowing this...
Japan should be happy to be where it is (and the last minutes of their game made me sad Senegal could not go through instead; if you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about
So, England-B manages to
- go down honorably, showing organization and skill
- show a credible second choice of strikers (but not so much as to cast a shadow over Kane/Sterling)
- drop a game that was actually a good idea to drop.
If Southgate has planned it all out in advance, hats off.
Now with a penalty shootout with Germany out of the way, and VAR to cut down freak accidents with refs... it might be a real chance for them!
And Belgium-C?-D? were none too shabby either!
It's not the B,C or D team that matters. It's the A team and the substitutions into the A team that matter.