Hopefully their manager continues to start Sorloth at RW ahead of Bobb.
Quarter Final 3: England vs Norway at Hard Rock Stadium Miami at 10 PM BST, Saturday 11 July
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Mainoo the obvious solution but expecting Henderson in a cast.
Mainoo is fresh. If Rice needs to sit out a game
Yeah has to start him. He played Jude deeper and Rogers 10 vs Panama but no need to adopt that approach in what will be a tricky game.
It would have been nice if Tuchel had given Mainoo some minutes earlier in the tournament in case this happened. But he’d seemingly have preferred to bring on his dead Nan than play him.
If Mainoo starts, it will just highlight Tuchel's ridiculous squad management. So it'll probably happen.
Would be very surprised to see Mainoo start. It'll be Bellingham in CM with Eze or Rogers at 10
Rice has been playing through hamstring and back issues, surely having the shits isn't going to stop him from starting.
Hoping for a Norway win this time. As a black British man, I'll even root for Argentina once (inevitably) England progress.
Aside from just loathing Three Lions football fan culture...
Rice shouldn't be playing for England. And it's shocking that the 'home of football' is incapable of creating one manager that can actually with their domestic league in more than 30 years, and has to buy in a manager yet again.
Unfortunately, England are actually good. And, as has been the case for the last three or four tournaments, they don't play anyone they shouldn't beat (man-for-man) until at least the semi-finals.
Tomorrow, I reckon:
An England win on pens
Or 2-1 England, with a Haaland goal in between the two England ones, and a period immediately after Haaland's equaliser where Norway knock on the door. The turning point being Norway having their 'Wissa' moment. Probably Odegaard putting a big chance wide.
Aside from just loathing Three Lions football fan culture...
Rice shouldn't be playing for England. And it's shocking that the 'home of football' is incapable of creating one manager that can actually with their domestic league in more than 30 years, and has to buy in a manager yet again.
Unfortunately, England are actually good. And, as has been the case for the last three or four tournaments, they don't play anyone they shouldn't beat (man-for-man) until at least the semi-finals.
Tomorrow, I reckon:
An England win on pens
Or 2-1 England, with a Haaland goal in between the two England ones, and a period immediately after Haaland's equaliser where Norway knock on the door. The turning point being Norway having their 'Wissa' moment. Probably Odegaard putting a big chance wide.
I bet they have an account on here.
Come on Norway!
FYP
I’m struggling to wrap my head around this one…
Well done. As a northerner, I don’t like the establishment club Arsenal who all the journos support but keep up the rebel act.
A pain killer, some tape and a cork and he should be ok.
I expect this will be a more open and high scoring match than the first two QFs, mainly due to England's erratic defence. 4-2 England.
Not impressed with the French ref for this one. He’ll surely want Norway to knock us out
Come on England!
Always have been the establishment fave
Liverpool: the rebel/people’s fave (absolute Bollox/boring cnuts)
United: shining star of English fotball entertainment and successfull as a result. Need to be brought down to earth.
Britain hates a success , even though the most successful and entertaining. Watch Arsenal cheat, bore, aided by pgmol and FA
Has rice still got the shits.
England loves making it hard for themselves. I think they're more at risk of getting knocked out here than in an hypothetical semifinal with Argentina.
Linekar will agree
That dude is the best.
Reading that tonight’s game could be significantly delays due to a storm.
Let's stop this. Refs are not competent enough to call basic fouls, you think they're gonna be able to manage match fixing?
Both teams are going to suffer tonight .
Extreme heat, high humidity, and potential thunderstorms in Miami are dominating headlines ahead of England's 2026 World Cup quarterfinal against Norway. A severe heat advisory has been issued, with feels-like temperatures reaching up to 43°C (110°F).
Extreme heat, high humidity, and potential thunderstorms in Miami are dominating headlines ahead of England's 2026 World Cup quarterfinal against Norway. A severe heat advisory has been issued, with feels-like temperatures reaching up to 43°C (110°F).
Yikes. Seems foolish to have scheduled this game in Miami when there are air conditioned stadiums and cooler climates available to play in.
I couldn't imagine playing 90 mins in 43 degree heat
Jeez, will people ever stop going on about the conditions.
Low 30s, yes they should all man the feck up
Should be a routine English victory.
Norway are a meh form team, no better than the likes of Switzerland.
Three nil, England, with the press talking it up as though it was some monumental victory on par with winning it sixty years ago.
Norway are a meh form team, no better than the likes of Switzerland.
Three nil, England, with the press talking it up as though it was some monumental victory on par with winning it sixty years ago.
Quite easy ye. Like you said they’re not competent enough to call basic fouls… but when someone wants something it’s very easy to make it happen.Let's stop this. Refs are not competent enough to call basic fouls, you think they're gonna be able to manage match fixing?
It's going to be interesting to see how the players handle it.
Isn't it actually really dangerous?
Isn't it actually really dangerous?
Elite athletes playing in a little bit of heat? Yes, super dangerous.
Chances of it being delayed 1-2 hours?
Just gone 9am and already it is 31 degrees and 75% humidity! So yes bad choice to be putting this at 5pm local time.
It's not a little bit of heat though is it smart arse? It's also humidity. High risks of heat stroke. Also chances of lightning if storms develop, which can happen frequently and quickly in Miami.
It’s not raining acid ffs. The way people go on about the conditions, it’s a wonder how the players will manage to breathe.Low 30s, yes they should all man the feck up
Is there no lightning when it rains in Europe? If it’s such a dangerous situation that everyone needs to run indoors I’m sure they’ll take action accordingly.
Florida is struck by lightning at a very high volume because of the meteorological conditions. It's in a different league to Europe.
Little heat !!! 43 and 75% humidity, well it’s not ideal is it , you try running round in it !!! 43°C with 75% humidity, this creates a staggering "feels like" temperature of 64°C (147°F), which represents extreme danger for heat stroke. ( according to Google )