Semifinals: Croatia vs England

[SpongeBob brown shoes]

England will win this in extra time

 

[BlueStevie35]

Need to regroup for this 30 mins, I'd take Alli off for one

 

[Deleted member 48881]

Do you guys think that Croats will be exhausted since this will be their 3rd ET in a row? They should be. But not sure if we are physically much better

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

Rashfords been poor!

No worse than Sterling but he has a finish in him, not sure you can say that about Sterling with nearly 3 years since he last scored for England.

 

[Bluerover]

My god what a difference a goal made.

It is the classic "game of two halves". Croatia got a rollicking at HT while England have been falling back into their own half hoping to keep the lead.

Extra time if England can start playing again Croatia's long qf against Russia may prove telling.

 

[carolinablue232]

These Croatian players are machines

Makes no sense. Against Russia they were all dying at this point, Modric aside.

 

[Tubey]

Southgate proper bottled the subs here.

England paid the price by going negative at the end of the first half and then being unable to shake the nerves of holding a lead in a World Cup semi-final.

The midfield is being overrun - need a ball player on like Loftus-Cheek instead of Alli.

 

[navidson]

Need to regroup for this 30 mins, I'd take Alli off for one

He's still on?!

 

[ilikecheese]

England failing to convert one of those first half chances to make it 2-0 has come back to bite them. Usually does.

 

[toffeejack]

England to win on pens now imo, Croatia needed to win in 90, they'll be shattered.

Have they actually made a sub? I really like this Croatia team but I feel they've cracked under the pressure since Spain went out, they knew they were favourites to get to the final and have scraped by teams they're a lot better than.

 

[Kenshin]

England are so slow it's unbelievable. That's their problem, they slow the ball down so much and left the other team get back into position. When they were attacking with pace they were troubling the backline then they just sat back.

Plus kane in midfield is ridiculous, top goalscorer twice and second this season and he is never near the goal

 

[RomanReigns]

Croatia have 4 subs left to make and we have 3

Extra time should be interesting lol

 

[Walken]

Lack of a quality cm is so so obvious, the Henderson playing well shouts are hilarious

 

[deipnosophist]

You cannot help but wonder what impact on this game Everton's dynamic duo of Capt Jags and Bainesy might have had, had they been selected. Yes, I appreciate they have a reputation for being backstabbing snides, but their quality cannot be questioned

 

[Martin Alvito]

Makes no sense. Against Russia they were all dying at this point, Modric aside.

They'd been chasing guys that were EPO-ed to the gills for ninety minutes in the Russia match.