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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Croatia showed so much when, tbh, after that 1st England goal went in, I thought we were gonna storm it. But Croatia kept working away at our right side and finally edged it.

But England have been great. Pickford, Stones, Maguire, Trippier have been a revelation and I've real belief in what Southgate's doing there. Disappointed with tonight's result but massive respect to the team.

oh hey i somehow did not see you writing this.

i was thinking england 3-0 by the game’s end but croatia started to pick up around 30-35’

i expected southgate to shut it down the way france did against belgium come the 2nd half, but nope. not sure why he didn’t. instead he stayed the same and croatia took over.

great batch of young players for sure but i am not sure southgate was so great in his tactical choices. why not park the bus and beat them with counters? you had the speed, at least early on... was there something missing for that?

anyway glad to see little croatia make the final— the uruguay of europe! ha ha ha— same population, but wow. even greater now.

obviously the odds are heavily in france’s favor, and yet... i believe croatia could go all the way. it would be insane of course but it all comes down to talent and tactics... and a bit of luck... and leaving everything on the pitch—which croatia did today.