Couldn't agree more, and I'm not a "footie." It was glaringly obvious.
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Couldn't agree more, and I'm not a "footie." It was glaringly obvious.
In fairness, the Croatians weren't an inferior team, Modric, Rakatic etc. play for top clubs and changed the way they played in the second half to neutralise our wide players in midfield, we missed that final killer touch which will come with experience, if we had it then we would have killed the Croatians off in the 1st half. Hopefully the press won't tear the team to pieces, we were beaten not by a better team but by a more experienced team that have played that level of competition at club level.
Croatia just looked to have more staying power, maybe the extra experience was the difference.
I think France will win it now though.
I know it's mean, but I cant resist...
https://i.imgur.com/JvIZKKU.jpg
Sorry but I reacted to the bold statement that Croatia was "decidedly inferior team". Maybe you watched some other game.
Was a fairly close affair as you would expect. Croatia just had edge on mental and physical fitness plus skill for me.
So my pick is now out and I expect if France play as they can and have then they should win