I suppose he was just planning ahead. I respect that. My strategy, planning behind, hasn't worked out very well.
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Kolyo
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Sun 24 Jun, 2018 07:56 am
So England and Belgium are in a flatfooted tie at the top of the group.
They've outscored their opponents 8-2, and both have 3 yellow cards if you're looking at the fair play tie-break.
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fbaezer
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Sun 24 Jun, 2018 08:03 am
@Walter Hinteler,
Mexicans used to believe in Lineker. Not anymore.
Walter Hinteler wrote:
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izzythepush
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Sun 24 Jun, 2018 08:06 am
@blatham,
Gareth Southgate has a lot to prove/make up for.
In Euro 96 in the semi finals against Germany he missed the penalty. In a later dramatization of the 97 general election the actor playing John Major blamed Gareth Southgate for the tory government losing the general election.
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It went to penalties, and suddenly Wembley - the home of English football - was the last place any English player wanted to be. Ince refused to take a kick, but Venables still had five generals to stick away the first five penalties. Shearer, David Platt, Stuart Pearce, Gascoigne and Sheringham all netted... the only problem was that Germany matched their efforts.
It was time for Venables to turn to his lesser lights, and Southgate stepped up where others shied away. With 76,000 England fans inside the stadium - and millions more outside it - not ready for their summer love affair to end, Southgate's low spot-kick was saved. Seaman, such a hero throughout, could not rescue his nation at the vital moment, and the dream painfully died.
Just read that Felipe Baloy scored against England.
I thought he was retired.
I much prefer a small team that tries and gets pounded (Tunisia, Panama) over a small team that only defends and gets pounded anyway (Honduras, in past World Cups).
