Quote Originally Posted by SWv2 View Post
At various points we will have seen Croatia and then France put together a performance which does make you sit up and take notes in your tactics notebook, Spain even in the first game v Portugal.
Spain certainly caught the eye against Portugal but against Russia the words 'sterile possession' sprung to mind. It was eerily like watching The Arsenal in recent years as they struggled to translate their technical superiority into decent chances against a well-organised, disciplined and far less expensive group of players.

Croatia and France both played well against Argentina but rather more meh against Denmark. Though Denmark, tbf, could probably suck all the joy out of any foootball match.

Columbia were, I thought, excellent in their second match, except that they were playing Poland who turned out to be ****e, while England thrashed a pub team in their second and showed in the third that their second XI are not as good as Belgium's seconds. Could go either way.

I keep telling people at work who are getting over-excited that England usually lose to the first decent team they play against. If it's not Columbia it could easily be Sweden or Croatia.