Day 26: England vs Croatia Waist Coat Semi-Final

What is 'coming home'?


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peridigm

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Ref is a dickhead. That was straight out redemption. Should have been yellow.
 

simmee

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Well defended by England so far. Getting quite a lot of from the Croatian left back as well, feels like every attack on their left breaks down with him.
 

Traub

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I felt every time some team focused his side or he was up a against a decent winger his bad positioning was all too obvious but you are right he definitely improved over the course of the season.
The advantage here is there's an extra CB to cover for him if he's caught out of position.
 

vangagal

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Croatia's shape in this match is so weird. They press but space between their players are so far and it looks so disjointed. Also, why head the ball so far up the pitch when none of their teammates on receiving end? head it into your closer teammates!
 

Revan

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The hold up play from every single England player has been immense.
England's main strength is the ability of their CBs to play from the back and be as cool as a football player can be when under pressure.

Add to that, Maguire has been a beast on this tournament.
 

el3mel

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Croatia haven't that great the last 2 games either anyway. Actually they didn't play well since that Argentina game, which speaks so badly about Argentina tbh.
 

RW2

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Right backs thinking they can score screamers from 40 yards ... a story to tell the grand kids ... it's a world cup semi final alright
 

Revan

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Croatia apparently has had more of the ball and more passes. Wouldn't have thought this from watching the game, England has been totally dominant. One of the most one-sided matches in KO stage.
 

JPRouve

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Is the caf still enamored with Perisic?
 

FootballHQ

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England far too complacent at the back for being just 1-0 up....mess around the back like that v France and it's going to be a goal.