I'd prefer a France Croatia one. They are the two most exciting teams, no ulterior reason, honest!Nothing would be better than England vs. France for a final. One WC each, time for a tiebreaker!
What.....The Scots would back the French against the English? Since WHENNNNN ??I'd prefer a France Croatia one. They are the two most exciting teams, no ulterior reason, honest!
Your wish is fulfilled. These Croats combine physical resilience and excellent ball handling. However they may run out of gas after two consecutive extra time and France has the momentum. Let's hope for a great final (some of them have been a bit too closed in the past).I'd prefer a France Croatia one. They are the two most exciting teams, no ulterior reason, honest!
This was my pick from the time the knock out stages were decided. Although Belgium could have beaten France and Russia or England could have knocked out Croatia, if I had been a betting man, tgsrs where my money woukd go.Your wish is fulfilled. These Croats combine physical resilience and excellent ball handling. However they may run out of gas after two consecutive extra time and France has the momentum. Let's hope for a great final (some of them have been a bit too closed in the past).
Not sure what point you're making.
Honestly, even as a pretty dispassionate English fan, I thought Croatia got slightly lucky. We could have been away and clear first half (where we outplayed them. pretty dramatically but couldn't quite make it count due to our main striker having a stinker of a game. Plenty of referees would have disallowed their goal for the high foot, especially in Europe. Goal cleared off the line in first part of injury time where we came on strong. One mistake to concede the injury time goal to let probably the worst striker in the tournament in to score (having been writhing in agony two minutes prior, and pretty much the entire remaining 10 minutes after).Your wish is fulfilled. These Croats combine physical resilience and excellent ball handling. However they may run out of gas after two consecutive extra time and France has the momentum. Let's hope for a great final (some of them have been a bit too closed in the past).
Not sure what point you're making.
"Football's coming home". Been saying it every tournament for years, whether a good team or not. Just a rallying call. No-one from England thought we were going to win it. We hoped. But we're happy with where we came.
Best team won yesterday. England didn't quite have enough to beat Croatia's golden generation.
Oh wait ...It's coming home guys !!!
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Honestly, even as a pretty dispassionate English fan, I thought Croatia got slightly lucky. We could have been away and clear first half (where we outplayed them. pretty dramatically but couldn't quite make it count due to our main striker having a stinker of a game. Plenty of referees would have disallowed their goal for the high foot, especially in Europe. Goal cleared off the line in first part of injury time where we came on strong. One mistake to concede the injury time goal to let probably the worst striker in the tournament in to score (having been writhing in agony two minutes prior, and pretty much the entire remaining 10 minutes after).
All that said, and disappointment aside. They just had enough and fair play to their resilience and quality to get through. Glad we lost in the manner we did to deny our press the opportunity of demonising the guy who missed the penalty (as they did with Southgate way back).
Ball=GoodThe foot was high but since he made contact with the ball and not the defenders head, it was a fair shot.
The "high foot" rule is a safety one rather than an absolute one.
Waist high tends to be a foul. Very much left to the interpretation of the ref but it's basically an unnatural height to kick a football right? As Vinnie says, it's a safety matter.Hey Martin!
Believe it or not, I actually watched the game on replay after I already knew the score. One question on the bolded; was it really a high foot (it looked to me to be about waist high) or did it look high because the defender was so low? Not sure how that rule is written.
Cheers,
Mark
I was pretty hopeful it was. Especially after 45 minutes last night. Oh well, I can take it.Oh wait ...
Would a bicycle kick be illegal then?Waist high tends to be a foul. Very much left to the interpretation of the ref but it's basically an unnatural height to kick a football right? As Vinnie says, it's a safety matter.
Hey, I'm not complaining. It was a good goal. But a different referee might have pulled it for dangerous play.
On another day, it's a consolation goal. What a shame. But, it's a long time since this country has been galvanised by our national football team.
Yes, if there was a player in the vicinity of the kick.Would a bicycle kick be illegal then?
So was I, and especially my dad to be honest. That shirt's for him.I was pretty hopeful it was. Especially after 45 minutes last night. Oh well, I can take it.