@NairoInGreen Yeah, 4 hours ago, gonna be crazy! I couldn’t find anywhere to stay in that valley so staying in St Jean de Maurienne and will watch on the Galibier on Saturday
This is the most damning statistic of them all. Unforgivable. Tuchel was employed for exactly this situation and failed. Same as always. Hire a coach who has the balls to finish these big games. Look at Spain last night, no backward step, back your ability and stand toe to toe
12% - Average possession between Anthony Gordon's opener and Lautaro Martínez's winner (55th to 92nd minute):
12% - 🏴 England
88% - 🇦🇷 Argentina
Trapped.
12% - Average possession between Anthony Gordon's opener and Lautaro Martínez's winner (55th to 92nd minute):
12% - 🏴 England
88% - 🇦🇷 Argentina
Trapped.
2 - There are just two occasions of a team scoring first in the semi-final but not reaching the final of the FIFA World Cup in the 21st century – both of them are England (vs Croatia in 2018 and Argentina in 2026).
Familiar.
Successive managers at some level do not have the confidence that England can win from attack, from sustained attacking play. And we can. We fucking can.
7 - England have been eliminated every time they have faced a top 10 ranked nation in the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup since 1998 (7/7).
Obstacle.
@100Climbs Alpe d’Huez 2003, I was there! You could argue that this US Postal tactic soon backfired with Mayo and Vinokourov taking time out of Armstrong. Although Ullrich and Virenque (in yellow) never recovered and did lose time. A couple of pics
@BenCrellin Happy birthday! Both games followed a similar pattern, early England goal, missed chances to put the game to bed before being punished later on. Let’s hope for a different outcome later…