Netherlands v England - Wed 10th July, 20:00 | Euro 2024 Semi-Final

Match Result Prediction?

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Pezzer2 said:
Mainoo was superb tonight . Hate giving rags credit but he’s no nonsense , keeps the game ticking , timely interceptions, full of energy and no ego and fully grounded (unlike a certain number 10) he would fit in nice in a pep team .
The adulation Bellingham gets is unreal , done nothing of note tonight and is still lauded yet Foden is judged by a quiet 2nd half in which the team has fell flat and in turn hindering him
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Mainoo was not better than Phil in the first half. In the 2nd half, Mainoo and Rice couldn't get Foden in the game; Bellingham passed to Foden once; and the muddled thinking of Southgate resulted in him taking Phil off, instead of finding a way to get him back in the game as the massive threat he was in the first half.
Also, I must say that Shaw didn't improve things at all. He gave us nothing going forward and, as his first touch was usually a five yard pass backwards on his left foot, it resulted in us being negative, whereas Shaw coming on was viewed at half time as a positive move. In reality it was negative, slowed the game down, and kept Foden - who was running like a madman all the time - starved of the ball - as was Kane; anonymous apart from the penalty.
Great credit to Watkins - and Cole Palmer - what a finish.
We got out of jail - again! Let's hope it happens again on Sunday night.
 
Vienna_70 said:
But you can only play the team in front of you.

Injuries and loss of form are both part and parcel of the game.
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The first bit is a bit of a cliche. Netherlands were comfortable in the second half and their set pieces were giving England something to really think about especially in the second half (Pickford still needed to make a few savea). If Kane was subbed any sooner then things would have been less tricky.
 
bridgeno1 said:
Sofascore smoking crack. Kane the highest rated player followed by Bellingham, Rice and Mainoo (tied). Worst player? Foden (tied with Pickford).

Should have gone to Specsavers for those ratings.View attachment 124951
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Would genuinely love to know how they've arrived at those scores. Foden did enough in that first half alone to be the highest rated English player. Guessing Kane gets 5 points for scoring a penalty but fuck knows about some of the others.
 
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