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Who would guess Wales would top its group? Just amazing!



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Cahill confirms it. England thought they would win by ball possession. Must've been a shock for the team to find out it doesn't work that way.



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geeez and I was rooting for England for once...

Not surprised about Russia though. They are have been really bad for years. 2008 was the last time they were actually kinda good and everyone expected them to improve over the following years, but they started to suck hard.



okr said:
I watched Wales-Russia. Good decision.

Well done, Wales.

Good choice England v Slokavia was crap. 95% of passes went backwards or sidewards and the midfield was dead everyone just stood waiting for the ball and never had any moment, One of the most boring matches I've seen in a long time.



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I guess I'm still going to be considered this thread's weird guy for having no faith whatsoever in England and considering them an absolutely average team. But to think that England was minutes away from not winning with Wales, ending up with 3 points and being on par with Albania...



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Ka-pi96 said:
Scisca said:
I guess I'm still going to be considered this thread's weird guy for having no faith whatsoever in England and considering them an absolutely average team. But to think that England was minutes away from not winning with Wales, ending up with 3 points and being on par with Albania...

The real weird part is that you have so much faith in Poland yet at the same time put down England. I'd say they're pretty close in ability actually...

It stops being weird when you compare players' individual skills, the teams they play for and their achievements - there is a very significant gap between the teams. The fact that England's gameplan for the majority of time is to kick the ball in the penalty ball and see what happens is another reason, why I can't treat them seriously.

So, England is about to play against 2nd team from Group F - Portugal anyone? Should they somehow get pass this stage (they may face Hungary after all), there will be France waiting for them - and that's the furthest they can go. By not winning this terrible group England has made this tournament much harder for itself.



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NiKKoM said:
weaveworld said:
That was painful to watch.

The lack of quality surprises me every tournament.

You're dutch... You should be used to a lack of quality...

Of course! Isn't that exactly the reason why we are not playing?

They should change these tournaments to mid or early season...



Owe Welsh an apology, well done to win the group.

Really thought England could score a goal today.



I find it kinda weird that Europeans are so down on their teams. While not every team at Euro is great, we're still talking about all top 50 teams in the world. I mean, judging from these comments, people are saying that even top 10 teams in the world aren't good teams. Is it a zero sum game with only 3-4 teams considered good?



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