Euro games reports

[Heliosphan]

Wanted Holland to win. Want Spain to win. Southgate & his players do nothing for me. Millers only football I'm interested in.

Have you got your clown shoes on again today?

[Brin]

So now, other than having arms positioned like penguins defenders can't stick out a leg to block a shot.

Had it been the other way around ie an England defender and a Netherlands penalty there would have been national uproar

Grist, as it turned out Kane wasn't seriously injured or had to leave the pitch and be subbed but read what the rules say"

The UEFA rule states: "It is committed with an opponent nearby and prevents the opponent from playing the ball for fear of injury. Playing in a dangerous manner involves no physical contact between the players. If there is physical contact, the action becomes an offense punishable with a direct free kick or penalty kick.

"In the case of physical contact, the referee should carefully consider the high probability that misconduct has also been committed." Fans were outraged as Kane managed to get his shot off before being fouled, but UEFA concluded that Dumfries' actions were of substantial injury threat.

Just for once let's rejoice it wasn't us on the receiving end of that decision. He fouled Kane, he in turn scored a penalty, we are through.....rejoice.

[Stovicmiller]

Not bothered if it was a penalty or not. Would I have been happy if it was given against us , no but that’s football win some lose some. England did more than enough to win the game.

[mellowmiller]

Grist, as it turned out Kane wasn't seriously injured or had to leave the pitch and be subbed but read what the rules say"

The UEFA rule states: "It is committed with an opponent nearby and prevents the opponent from playing the ball for fear of injury. Playing in a dangerous manner involves no physical contact between the players. If there is physical contact, the action becomes an offense punishable with a direct free kick or penalty kick.

"In the case of physical contact, the referee should carefully consider the high probability that misconduct has also been committed." Fans were outraged as Kane managed to get his shot off before being fouled, but UEFA concluded that Dumfries' actions were of substantial injury threat.

Just for once let's rejoice it wasn't us on the receiving end of that decision. He fouled Kane, he in turn scored a penalty, we are through.....rejoice.

So why did the FIFA referee advisor in the studio say it wasn't a penalty and she was surprised VAR got involved?
Football is slowly killing itself.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

Have you got your clown shoes on again today?

Looks like botn has borrowed them for the day 😆

[Shark27]

So now, other than having arms positioned like penguins defenders can't stick out a leg to block a shot.

Had it been the other way around ie an England defender and a Netherlands penalty there would have been national uproar

Challenging with studs showing! It’s a yellow card anywhere on the pitch.

If it was the side of his foot then no pen but as the studs were up then you see why it’s given.

I admit, the clear and obvious argument can come in but VAR seems to get involved all the time anyway.

[Shark27]

So why did the FIFA referee advisor in the studio say it wasn't a penalty and she was surprised VAR got involved?
Football is slowly killing itself.

I think if they would have asked her a minute later she would have said something different!

[gru]

Then why watch it or comment on it?

I'm English my birthplace. Why do I watch them in major finals cause I have since 1970.

[UlleyMiller]

I'm English my birthplace. Why do I watch them in major finals cause I have since 1970.

Probably wanted the military to lose in Afghanistan and Iraq because he didn't care for Blair.

[Derbymiller]

We were lucky with the penalty, but you need luck to win things and it is time we had some. If that had happened anywhere outside of the box it was a foul, we have seen it week-in and week-out in the english game. What annoys me with ex-players is they think there are different rules for a foul in the penalty area. for me the highlight was neville ( a man that started a player revolt just for money) said as a defender he was offended by the decision, clearly he has been on his diversity/inclusion training telling him what words to use, what a T-W-A-T. All of this deflects away from an excellent performance where we find out that if you play players in their natural position they play well, who would have thought it eh? Well done to Southgate for his subs, the timing was excellent and this group now have some belief in themselves. The Spanish are very good but they have a few old players and some very young kids, they will not want to face this England team, they know they never give up, we have quality in depth and we believe, we will also have the fans there is full voice. It was great to see us play like we can play and hopefully we can finish the job.