Quote Originally Posted by stokearab View Post
You can only beat what's in front of you I suppose. Was very disappointed with the Germans especially after HT they seemed to just stop attacking wtf was that all about. Mullers miss was unbelievable only one outcome after that.

Bit of a shocker that miss, you couldn’t see them get another chance, England also had stronger options on bench if it went to extra time.

The biggest disappointment for me is France again with the way they play. You see in that magic 25 min spell against Switzerland what they are capable of, but Euro 16, wc 18, even though they got to final and won, you could count on one hand amount of exciting decent performances/exciting games despite having amazing players. Deschamps happy to play conservative risk free football and rely on having better players to win games. Ironically their defence was a weak link this time.

There hasn’t been an expansive football team winner since Germany 2014. Portugal, France both cautious approaches. Wouldn’t be surprised to see it continue with England this time as think other half of draw might be burnt out by final.