Group F: Hungary, Portugal, France, Germany

[tsubaki]

Rafael Silva should be hauled off for that right now

 

[4737carlin]

Actung !!!!

 

[Tubey]

That Semedo is proper toilet.

Still this ^

 

[carolinablue232]

Gosens deserved that goal. Played exceptionally well.

 

[Rook]

the germans are mistaking portugal for england

 

[JMT]

Gosens man of the match easily.

 

[KaiserEFC]

So to beat Portugal all you have to do is be decent on the overlap.

 

[Martin Alvito]

God, that decoy run by Havertz was filthy.

 

[tsubaki]

don't agree with these subs - take Muller off and put Timo on

 

[carolinablue232]

the germans are mistaking portugal for england

They shouldn’t have worn red

 

[TheBigIguana]

God, that decoy run by Havertz was filthy.

I think the secret with him is he's just a striker and he's a quite good one if you play him there.

 

[Toffeeslam]

This could get messy for the pork’n’cheese here

 

[Martin Alvito]

But that Spanish team wasn't playing open games. It was pretty much the exact opposite. The scores of their knockout games from 2008 to 2012: 0-0, 3-0, 1-0, 1-0, 1-0, 1-0, 1-0, 2-0, 0-0, 4-0. That was a defensive team just the defense was passing the ball in circles instead of sitting deep. Successful international football has become defensive first.

The teams that win tend to be the ones that don't have to play open games.

Most teams can't play that kind of defense. Playing it is how the Spanish team dominated, how the Germans shut down Messi, and how the French strangled Belgium to death.

 

[tsubaki]

God, that decoy run by Havertz was filthy.

not saying this has been a one man show but when they come to do marks out of ten, he should be at least two points ahead of everyone else

 

[Martin Alvito]

not saying this has been a one man show but when they come to do marks out of ten, he should be at least two points ahead of everyone else

MotM for me for sure. Gosens has been great, but Havertz is why they're blasting the other side off the pitch.