International Soccer: POCH

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colombia scores because argentina gk laughably stays on his line

I have no idea why Ospina was out that far or why he led with his hands as the dude went around him, super lucky it wasnt a red or that they missed

argentina misses on a crazy sequence where the gk was 404. guy misses a chance with just a field player playing gk

Iā€™ve never seen a dude lying on the ground to prevent the kick under the wall. Is that another standard thing that I just never got the memo on?

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Itā€™s become standard in the last 2-3 years on free kicks that are super close to the box.

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Di Maria is the worst

James Woods doppelganger

You donā€™t understand much about football.

Talent matters ldo. Team play matters ldo. Big knockout games play out differently to league games which reduces the edge the favourite has.

Strong rumours of Sakaā€™s deserved return into the starting XI tonight in place of Sancho.

Obviously Iā€™m biased but he was Englandā€™s best player in the first half against Germany.

Yeah that kid done well and whoā€™s sancho? Has he played?

He did ok against Ukraine but Saka likes to take defenders on from the off and sets a high tempo for the attack, which is important in a game where two teams could easily bore each other to death otherwise.

Saka is the only English player Iā€™ve really commented about as being a danger (Sterling too obviously) and he looks as if he has the right attitude along with the skills, that kid is a danger with his smile alone.

:grin:

I ordered a Saka kit this week but Sancho is the better player, even at take ons/dribbling.

Sancho was pretty underwhelming in his start last game, other than the occasional moment of brilliant dribbling. Saka or Grealish please.

Whatā€™s the story on Rashford? He was on fire in the Prem

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Not on current form, no. If Southgate wants his team to start the game with confidence and a high tempo Saks is the player for that position.

10 out of 11 football journos from your favoured source The Athletic didnā€™t even include Saka in their final squads.

Errrr you say I donā€™t understand much, then you say something that contradicts what you said and agrees with me.

Or:

Seems like I know plenty thanks.

Most of the athletic are journalists from individual teams. They didnā€™t watch arsenal last year because it wasnā€™t pretty.

Sancho had an amazing Bundesliga season. His form hasnā€™t wavered since he was like 17. Genuinely donā€™t think heā€™s even had 2 bad games in a row. Imo heā€™s Englandā€™s best player overall.

Sancho is better at pressing than Saka. His pressures/regains are like triple Saka.

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Watched a lot of BM this year because of Reyna, and Sancho was awesome. 100% agree.