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Post by Sting on Jul 15, 2018 9:05:39 GMT -5
I thought England did very well to work on their set pieces. Southgate clearly realised that most goals in football come from dead ball situations so by focussing on them, they had a better chance of scoring, which they clearly benefitted from. I like France so they're usually one of my preferred teams to win it. Just hope we get a great game worthy of being a world cup final. Completely agree. Southgate realised what the teams strengths were, both tactically and formation wise, and played to them to get the best out of the squad. As we all know, they’re a young team and will only get better. France have so many great attacking players but I never realised how strong defensively they were, too. It’s going to be hard for Croatia to win it, but it’s a one off game and anything can happen. I’m hoping for a great game, worthy of the biggest match in football, too! Fingers crossed we’re not disappointed. I'm hoping for an extremely one-sided result in France's favour ... I'm playing the Sun's Dream Team and want to rub it in the noses of all my friends in my mini league lol.
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Post by Sting on Jul 15, 2018 9:11:34 GMT -5
I thought England did very well to work on their set pieces. Southgate clearly realised that most goals in football come from dead ball situations so by focussing on them, they had a better chance of scoring, which they clearly benefitted from. I like France so they're usually one of my preferred teams to win it. Just hope we get a great game worthy of being a world cup final. Completely agree. Southgate realised what the teams strengths were, both tactically and formation wise, and played to them to get the best out of the squad. As we all know, they’re a young team and will only get better. France have so many great attacking players but I never realised how strong defensively they were, too. It’s going to be hard for Croatia to win it, but it’s a one off game and anything can happen. I’m hoping for a great game, worthy of the biggest match in football, too! Fingers crossed we’re not disappointed. Yeah England focused on set-pieces but, ultimately, that cost us, and will keep costing us. We're like the Stoke or Huddersfield of national teams now lol. We couldn't do much, if anything, in open play against Tunisia, Panama etc. As soon as we come up against a team that doesn't make many mistakes at set pieces we get knocked out. France are beautiful to watch. Kante and Pogba have the midfield on lock. I love how Giroud hasn't even had a shot on target but ties the whole team together up front. And Mbappe is just a joy to watch. I'm really looking forward to this game. Kante/Pogba v Modric/Rakitic should be a really good battle.
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Post by Taylor on Jul 15, 2018 13:08:40 GMT -5
Well that didn’t disappoint! What a fantastic final played by two great teams. I thought Croatia were very unlucky in the first half and by far the better side.
France are deserving winners of this years World Cup, no doubt.
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Post by Tim of thee on Jul 15, 2018 14:12:45 GMT -5
I absolutely hate France's National Team with a passion but damn they played a beautiful Cup
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Post by Darkhawk on Jul 15, 2018 18:02:43 GMT -5
I knew France was going to win it, they've been the only team that's dominated this World Cup. Congrats!
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Post by Sting on Jul 16, 2018 5:13:04 GMT -5
Wonderful final, France fully deserved the win.
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Post by theicwguy on Jul 16, 2018 13:48:01 GMT -5
Congrats to France.
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