England don’t have the midfield conductors like Modric and Brozovic to control a game, they rely on tempo and pressing and pace. They want to unsettle teams rather than unlock them. England will get their second wind at some point but they’ve kind of worn themselves out and Croatia will take over as England’s tempo drops.
Modric is so tidy
Anna is a national treasure. Her Tiktok game is top notch.
Croatia will be happy enough with this. The hot weather doesn’t suit England
Declan Rice is brilliant at getting himself into a position where he can’t receive a pass
Just watching the last 10 minutes and Jesus this is fair boring
Vrsaljko has been Croatia’s best player.
Walker Is having a mare here
England rely on a high tempo more than any other team in international football and for years they have never been able to produce that, because they generally don’t know their team and the players have little understanding. So far I don’t see what’s different about this.
Stupid foul to give away. Sterling was going nowhere
Haven’t they been raving about Foden, Mount and Grealish as players with great technical ability who can dictate the tempo of a match though?
When England are direct they’re troubling Croatia. When they try to play through them they’re getting nothing.
They’re all attackers
Like Ireland under Spock
Is she on TikTok? My FYP is full of the “soccer community” fella’s giving their tuppence on everything and debating drop, bench, start: Drogba, Suarez, Rooney.
Nice slice from Pickford there. Should be good craic when he has to make a save.
Agreed. Croatia always have good full backs
Proper officer class. Takes command when needed
The ref had enough and blew up early