Felix is a bottler!
Costa isn’t quite Gigi Buffon when he’s facing a better team than Romania
Yep, I was too early in my praise of Costa. But, in fairness to him, no one was getting those upper-corner shots. Costa guessed correctly on at least two(?) of them, but the placement and pace were so perfect; France hit their PKs about as well as you can hit them.
But Mbappe??? I know he had to be hurting, but they would have had to drag me off kicking and screaming before I'd leave that game.
At least we're privileged enough to see two of the very best, and even at the same time in big tourneys: Ronaldo and Messi. Both don't have a lot left in the tank, but what great players they have been for so long.
Apparently all those swarthy people look alike to Chongo.
Are England going to break our hearts again by scoring another late goal?
Southgate has got to be gone after this. I mean, other nations have improved, but to see England struggle like this for several years now is not a good look.
This game has certainly had a lot of action so far.
It is an awesome game. I think Spain will win the whole thing. Spain and Germany are the best teams in this tournament.
Given Spain will have to play England (bahahahaha) or Holland, it's a forgone conclusion barring total collapse, this semi is effectively the Euro title game.
Assuming Southgate somehow loses his horseshoe, yes. Netherlands vs Spain will be a fun game. England vs Spain, England will be so negative.
An early blast puts Netherlands up 1-0, England ties it up with a free penalty kick.
Great game. Who are the guys in white and what did the aliens do to Southgate?
LOL, 2 goals, 2 shots against the bar and a ball cleared off the line. WOW!
from the bbc feed:
Where has this England team been since the start of the tournament? There's pace, movement off the ball, attacking intent, incisiveness It's great.
According to the OptaAnalys algorithm, England stand a 51.51% chance of progressing through to the final.
As per ninety minutes' result, Google foresees a 36% victory chance for England over the Netherlands' 30%, with a 34% possibility of a draw.
@skully posted:According to the OptaAnalys algorithm, England stand a 51.51% chance of progressing through to the final.
As per ninety minutes' result, Google foresees a 36% victory chance for England over the Netherlands' 30%, with a 34% possibility of a draw.
Anything to make the gamblers happy.😃
The Netherlands look the more likely to win at the moment. They look fresher.
Did you see Bellingham fail to control a long pass that I would have handled? Tired legs.
@Fedya posted:Your hot takes have been amazing.
Yet another f***ing disaster of a game, though.
🤣 I have never claimed to be a soothsayer. Not my fault Southgate had a horseshoe stuck firmly up his rump.😊
Spain probably started their celebrations when Watkins scored the winner.😅
Colombia up a goal, but one of their guys just got sent off.
That was some elbow.
That was a nice competitive match but the quality around goal was so poor.