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@imbethmccoll Tbf you shouldn’t have used the h-word

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@charliewrec @_PaulHayward And people in your replies are citing players who they think could have helped that, but they’re missing the point.

British football culture just doesn’t seem to understand how to do this on quite a fundamental level, and look like chumps when they play teams that do for 30yrs

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@NottmFlorist @_PaulHayward It just doesn’t seem to be in the British footballing lexicon to know how to do it, which says more about British football culture than it does Tuchel.

#wheninRome

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@kevvwill And what a shirt - got one of each home and away because, basically the coolest thing that’s ever been on a football shirt

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@kevvwill It’s like how those native peoples born to the snow have so many words for it, we just lack the basic lexicon

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@kevvwill Also, England (and anglophones as a whole) just don’t know how to ‘play’ football, ie control a midfield game. Never have - how many knock out games have they gone ahead only to be out footballed?

Tuchel could see they couldn’t hold onto the ball, so went ‘well, when in Rome…’

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@kevvwill People thought this French team might be the National Team equivalent of PSG, but nope - they’re more Madrid. Relatively simple to starve the ball from them, and while they’re fine players in their way there’s a reason Rabiot and Kone play in Serie A

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@kevvwill I got laughed at for suggesting Spain would beat France - then got accused of giving ‘hot takes’ when I said France had no midfield during the semi final. Felt we’ve seen this very match in El classico over the last couple of years…

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@kevvwill Carla Julià be Jason Momoa to CGH’s Henry Cavill

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@LaLigaMichael Nah, it’s ok - they can keep all eleven on 😉😎

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@kevvwill I went to see them play Arsenal and Patri was injured I think so she was playing the holding role and just ran the game - would have loved to see her let loose on that night but like you said the game just ran through her

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@kevvwill Love them so much - only started really following them in 2019 and man it’s been THE BEST

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@sidlowe @filippomricci @martinainstein I’m still subscribed to Los Corresponsales on YouTube 😎

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@kevvwill It never did 🙃

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@kevvwill @hiltond13 However, I do suspect he’s not The Boss of this group so perhaps he also is trying to manage egos as well as minutes, but not from a position of strength

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@kevvwill @hiltond13 Hmmm I’m not sure I see it that way at all - I feel he has rotated a lot and subbed established players out, leave them on the bench to begin with (although maybe minute management)

I think wanted Pina to stay on the link things in the middle more, doesn’t mean it worked though.

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@kevvwill I’m pretty sure this tie is over

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@kevvwill @hiltond13 💯- this team can still turn it on on occasion but is that just the quality of players?

I feel I see Romeu trying to mix things up and introduce things, but if I can see it it’s probably not that good an idea 🤣🙈

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@hiltond13 I’m not sure about that at all - I think this has been one of the poorest Madrid performances against us recently.

Femini have been pretty good but could have been much better and Madrid would be nowhere near without Caicedo.