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International Football Match Thread 2018
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Watching David De Gea playing in a possession based team is hilarious tbh. His passing is appalling and he spent the entire first half hiding on his goal line, making it impossible for his defence to keep a high line without leaving an ocean of space for us in behind. Then clearly someone had a word at half time, so he spent the entire second half suicidally charging out and getting nowhere near the ball on balls his defenders had easily covered.
I do think it's quite interesting how his woeful distribution is excused because at United it's not how they play. But for Spain it absolutely is how they play. It doesn't seem to bother them.
SpiritofBurnden
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A smash and grab is where you have little possession and score on the break. England 20 something percent possession 3 shots on target 3 goals. I credit them for a good win. If you can show me a period of good football I will concede, but you can’t. The only one in a granny knot is you.
You must have missed the first 45 minutes then, this game was won by half time.
A smash and grab is snatching a flukey 1-0 win when you've been comprehensively outplayed.
Spain had five attempts on target with their 73% possession, that's only two more than England managed with 27% possession.
BlueHammer85
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I will certainly tell the grandkids about beating Spain 3 2 in the nations thingy and spanking Panama that’s for sure. I’ve kept the press cuttings.
Roar.
No. You’ll be victor meldrew in the corner telling the grandkids watching England trying to enjoy thereselves and dreaming they could play for them one day that the manager is sh*t, the players are rubbish and moaning about every misplaced pass and scoffing angrily when we score, when the full time whistle blows and they’re celebrating England have won the World Cup - you’ll turn the telly off and send them to bed. Then sit in silence and drink whisky mumbling to yourself how much you hate the World Cup winning manager ... Marcus Rashford
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cleavers
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Agreed, a great (and very surprising) performance in that first half, by the youngest England starting team since 1959, ending a spanish 15 year unbeaten home record.You must have missed the first 45 minutes then, this game was won by half time.
A smash and grab is snatching a flukey 1-0 win when you've been comprehensively outplayed.
I'm not sure why anyone wants to play the facts down, most of us probably expected England to be 3-0 down at HT, not in front.
....and I'm no great fan of England, or international football.
hilts
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You must have missed the first 45 minutes then, this game was won by half time.
A smash and grab is snatching a flukey 1-0 win when you've been comprehensively outplayed.
Spain had five attempts on target with their 73% possession, that's only two more than England managed with 27% possession.
Two more you say?
hilts
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No. You’ll be victor meldrew in the corner telling the grandkids watching England trying to enjoy thereselves and dreaming they could play for them one day that the manager is sh*t, the players are rubbish and moaning about every misplaced pass and scoffing angrily when we score, when the full time whistle blows and they’re celebrating England have won the World Cup - you’ll turn the telly off and send them to bed. Then sit in silence and drink whisky mumbling to yourself how much you hate the World Cup winning manager ... Marcus Rashford
Cool story bro
I mean, they did also hit the bar, have a stonewall penalty denied, somehow miss an open net from 5 yards (the one from the flicked on corner that hit Pickfords corpse) and various other pretty presentable chances that just happened to not be on target. We on the other hand pretty much scored with every attempt. (that's not a bad thing, but it's pretty ridiculous to break it down to just the shots on target)You must have missed the first 45 minutes then, this game was won by half time.
A smash and grab is snatching a flukey 1-0 win when you've been comprehensively outplayed.
Spain had five attempts on target with their 73% possession, that's only two more than England managed with 27% possession.
It was undeniably a lucky win, you play that out 10 times and we probably lose 9 of them. But we live in the real world where all that matters is that we got away with it this time and it's a great victory. Hopefully Southgate learns from it and stops retreating like a turtle when we have the lead though as that second half was rough.
See Dzeko scores 2 again. Could he have played under Pep?
And a world class strike, wrongly ruled out