
Originally Posted by
AucklandRover
My son and I feel desperately down after that. (He said to me, "At least you've seen us win one!")
Two evenly-matched teams. Croatia took two of their chances. We missed several clear-cut ones.
Once Modric dropped a little deeper in the second half, he began to run the game again.
The key moment, which wasn't commented on much, was Kane's missed header. I think the ball was obscured from him for just that fraction of a second.
The referee was very harsh on England in the second period of extra time. Why was that NOT a free kick on the edge of the area? It was actually an off-the-ball yellow card incident!
All the same, I never for a moment expected us to reach the semi-finals before the tournament, so the positives outweigh the negatives.
Bit early for a drink, but...