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It doesn't matter how much you dominate games it's moments like those that determine what happens.
I am not sure we have a good side, but I don't know as I don't think we have met one yet to measure ourselves against as we have had a most charmed passage so far. We have played Tunisia, Panama, Belgium, Colombia, Sweden and will now play Croatia, the only one we would have expected to have real difficulty with during any previous competition would be Belgium and we did lose that one (although neither were at strength), which leaves me wondering if we have just hyped ourselves up again without any real evidence of capability.
Previously we would have met a Portugal, Germany or Brazil by now and have been on our way home so I think we need wait until we play either Belgium or France before we can actually measure ourselves. The good news is even if outclassed by those teams on a normal day, as I think we would be, the final is a time when things can come into play that can balance things and I think as a team we are together and that can bridge a quality gap sometimes. We do of course have to beat Croatia first, but I feel we have a quality gap over them and so hopefully we can navigate that hurdle.
I think the way games have gone they should get past Croatia but the way France and especially Belgium are playing I think we would get found out. However as you say in a one off game anything can happen.
Whilst I'm sure everyone will acknowledge we are in the easier half of the draw, I feel only Brazil on an off dau would still beat us. France and Belgium obviously have some outstanding players but both are capable of off days. If we have that 'on' day then we can dream of and actually bring it home!
I would have been disappointed if any of those efforts had gone in. Decent saves but not worldies imo so iIthink Olsen would have expected to stop them too.
C&B,
We haven't met a Germany, Brazil or Portugal because they were not as good as they have been in the past whereas we are playing better than in most recent World Cups.
I think the BBC should have let us do Pundit Rating rater than Player Rating.
As much as I'd like England to win it, but with three spuds in the team ........... we'd never hear the last of it ;weep
I don’t think any keeper out there was stopping maguire’s header.
I doubt many could it have done anything about Alli’s either - it was very close range - you almost need to raise your arms as a keeper and hope the ball makes contact with them in that situation