Well, considering Greece won the European Championship 2004 with a similarly defensive tactic, why not Morocco? But they still have two matches before that, and those will be even more difficult. It does not happen often that Leicester City wins the Premier League, but such things happen once in a while.
Pepe: "It is unacceptable for an Argentine referee to referee the game.”
I agree, their defense is so damned hard to break, and the last four in a tournament usually come out all strong enough to win the cup.
Now that Portugal’s out, England is the only remaining team I would be upset if they won. Preference: Argentina, Croatia, Morocco, France, England.
Kinda think France is unstoppable, but I’ve been wrong a lot this tournament.
I think it’s criminal that I’m forced to watch England v France in the World Cup with an American announcer.
Man does Theo Hernandez look like his brother.
Heck of an ability for Giroud to get his head to that. England wanting to go after Shaw early, I wonder if Mbappe and Dembele will switch ever.
Hell, nice shot out of nowhere.
Really nice shot. France gained possession on that from a foul on Saka though.
That was a nice move by Kane.
Yeah, great turn.
I feel like a great GK would have gotten to it. I guess it was kind of a surprise.
France are the better team.
England need to hit harder on counter attack. Do a Morocco, just because the other team is superior doesn’t mean you can’t win anyway.
That’s very very close to a PK
It looked like the foul (and it was unmistakably a foul) happened an inch outside the box.
Man, what if you had a situation where it was definitely a foul, then France went down and scored. If the foul was 1mm outside the box VAR couldn’t correct a game breaking error.
Why are both these guys pronouncing Upamecano like that? Did they do any prep work?
The talent that France is producing is off the charts. It seems like they come out with a new pair of CB’s every major tournament. The names on their bench are mostly unrecognizable to me, and I assume very few players from the prior World Cup or even the Euro. I think only Lloris, Griezman, Mbappe and Giroud (and Giroud only due to injury) in terms of bona fide starters. Plus, Kante injured and they haven’t lost a step. They actually seem faster without him.
Great first half!
Not a huge amount in that, as close as I thought it might be. One great strike in it.
England need more time on the edge of the box I get the feeling that they are inches away from slicing through.
Kane looks up for it, some great turns and moves from him.