England v Denmark | Euro 2020 Semi Final

[Gorton_Tubster]

BBC poll player of the match was Smeichel whilst England's was Sterling by a large margin.
Walker up there as well.

I expected sterling to get Motm. I hoped walker would get it. I should have known the great white hope would get it. No wonder Wright was pissed off rightfully so.

 

[AkanjisAfro]

Oh you know that with all the certainty in your empty head do you? I wish he could take knobs like you to court and sue you for slander. Every single one of you. Have you ever played football? If you did you'd know that if you're running and twisting at speed and you get clipped it knocks you off balance and you go down. Oh and that's us as average run of the mill pub players, not a super fast highly skilled athlete that is quicker and more finely balanced than we could ever dream to be.

Here's the run for all you whingers . The ref was right there in close up real time. He saw it at grass roots level, he'd hear the contact, see how it affected his balance and gave the penalty. Now somebody watching a TV screen then viewed it again in slow motion from different angles and surprise surprise, he gave the penalty too. End of fucking story. Rightly or wrongly two separate officials said it was a penalty. Sterling didn't award the penalty they did.

What are you and the rest of the moaners upset about really,? That he's a successful rich young black man? That England won? Or are you a closet dipper still upset that he has the audacity to leave your cult of a club? Whatever it is I wish you'd all take your hatred of one of our own players and fuck off elsewhere I really do.

i expect the same response the next time salah falls over

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

I'm hoping we win and Southgate goes.

Another troll. You guys and your illogical hate are weird.

 

[M18CTID]

Nah not having it slight contact from 2 players,off balance fell over.
Ref awarded it.
Soft penalty yeah but Sterling didn't award himself the pen ffs.

Exactly. Seen them given a million times previously. If there was no contact then VAR would’ve overturned it.
Sterling is one of the few players who has been guilty of being too honest down the years by trying to stay on his feet when fouled. That shove in his back from Walker when we played Spurs a few years back was one of the most blatant penalties ever but it wasn’t given because he didn’t go to ground.

 

[Southbanken]

Playing like Burnley is pretty much what it's felt like to me. It's generally been lumped forward from the keeper. Even Kyle Walker was launching throw in's into the box on 30mins... The only interesting element was the tension half way through the second half last night that has made watching England in any way interesting so far in this tournament.

Not quite sure how the City beating Chelsea in the UCL relates to my negativity to the England playing style as city on the whole play attacking football regardless of the scenario and yes, this may have been to our detriment... I've got no issues losing playing expressively than winning by being defensive and somewhat fortunate (Which is what England are...). I know what values i'd align with and whats more interesting to watch.

I'd love England to play in a more expressive manner, we certainly have the playing talent to do so but Southgate clearly is too pragmatic to even consider it.

Let's see how it pans out in the final.

This is just patently nonsense - last night England made 635 passes. City on average last season made 675 per game. Burnley made an average of 365.

Occasionally, England go long, and we utilise set pieces well, both of which essentially make us less predictable and a better football side. All our goals this tournament (i think) have come off the back of decent build up play and either short low passes / crosses or short stand up crosses. We are not lumping it into the box aimlessly.

We aren't defensive in the traditional sense, in that we don't simply park the bus and play on the counter. We have two defensive mids and for most of each game, we have dictated the pace of the game and (without checking) i believe we have had more possession.

Last night, according to Opta, Schmeichel kept out 2.9 goals, according to expected goals on target (xGOT) measurements. That’s more than any other keeper at the Euros in the last 41 years at least. Again, not evidence of a team that is defensive but somewhat fortunate - if anything it is the complete opposite.

Southgate is pragmatic, but he also has a group of attacking players who are mobile and given license to express themselves at the right time. Its not tiki taka wankball, passing with no purpose but its effective and at times exciting to watch. To suggest they are long ball merchants is palpably incorrect.

 

[KS55]

I thought Walker was immense last night as was Sterling.
Kane had his best game so far and I agree with the previous poster who said that him dropping too deep was due to the limitations in central midfield.
Saka was almost a non entity and how he got picked before Sir Phillip or Grealish is confusing at best.
Rice and Mount were decent but Phillips is another question Mark. Yes he runs around and covers a lot but he seems to take an age to pick a pass.
Stones was solid and made defending look easy. Maguire was decent and I hate to say this but Dough boy would excel at left back for us.
Finally the man in goals who decapitated VVD. Very poor position for their goal and not an assured display at all.
In summary - Phillips and Saka out for me.

Yes. Move Raz to the right and Phil and Grealish take care of the left. He could play one as wide attacker and one as midfield. He won't though, partly because he loves defensive solidity first and partly he likes the idea of fresh legs vs a tiring defence.

 

[paulchapo]

i expect the same response the next time salah falls over

As in the response that he dived or defending the award of the penalty,?

 

[lust overlord]

Another troll. You guys and your illogical hate are weird.

"Hate"ha ha.
Where have I said I hate anyone?
You people who like to use that word to shut down any debate or dissent are the weird ones.

 

[gazinho]

All this talk of England being boring to watch is understandable but international football is literally all about getting results, club football differs slightly as the suits have to sell it to the fans to buy tickets etc. I genuinely couldnt give a shiny shit if we get hammered on Sunday yet sneak a 1-0 win off Sterling's arse.

The penalty was soft, but there was contact, so no chance var would overturn it. The one on Kane in the second half was stonewall though, no idea what he's seen there I thought the ref was quite poor all round last night Delaney committed 6 fouls for them including one after 15 seconds that should have been a booking.

Anyway bit of a ramble that but im blaming last nights ale.

Cant wait for Sunday!!!

 

[domalino]

Exactly. Seen them given a million times previously. If there was no contact then VAR would’ve overturned it.
Sterling is one of the few players who has been guilty of being too honest down the years by trying to stay on his feet when fouled. That shove in his back from Walker when we played Spurs a few years back was one of the most blatant penalties ever but it wasn’t given because he didn’t go to ground.

I think the television producers really shape the narrative around these penalties. They kept showing replay after replay from an angle that made it look like there was no contact, and people decided it was not a penalty then and there.

Then at the very end of the several minute process they showed this one I posted a few pages back, which IMO shows a clear penalty. Soft, but a penalty none the less.




But by then people have made up their minds it was a dive and are already in outrage mode.