England have controlled for the most part but Sweden had their chances and some of the best in the game still. The defenders are still shaky and can be got at by better teams. Sweden are a poor side. Just like Colombia before. Just like Tunisia and Panama. The first real test will be possibly Crostia and then Belgium/France. Once your in the final it's a one off game and anything is possible. England will never have a better chance to win the world cup than this.
Day 24: Sweden vs England and Russia vs Croatia
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It's coming home.Comments like that are the main reason why i don't want England to win the whole cup.The arrogance for the next 4 years of some users, not all ofc, would be unbearable.
Comments like that are the main reason why i don't want England to win the whole cup.
Sorry, how was that comment arrogant?
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Feck off with this elitist crap. So smaller countries should just not try?
England did what was needed. But Sweden were poor though.
England fully deserved the win, and I hope they go on and win the whole thing.
Fair play to our boys, did really well this WC and exceeded expectations but we really need to start looking at player development and hopefully a few breakthrough for the next WC. We can't solely rely on tactics.
Fair play to our boys, did really well this WC and exceeded expectations but we really need to start looking at player development and hopefully a few breakthrough for the next WC. We can't solely rely on tactics.
Swedes congratulating the English while the English are giving us shit, poor souls.
Apparently Donald Trump has offered 150m to for the Wall Jordan Pickford.
Comments like that are the main reason why i don't want England to win the whole cup.
To be fair, I haven't supported the German NT (being German) in a single game for 20 years for similar reasons.
Coventry weren’t in the CL, it was a different competition. They didn’t play Bayern and co. So I don’t get your point.
I replied to a poster who said it wasn’t up for debate that Germany and Spain would have been more difficult for England.
The only reason it’s not up for debate is because Germany lost to Mexico and South Korea, and because Spain lost to Russia.
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Congrats England, well done United lads.
Well yeah he's the captain.
Great descriptionIt honestly felt they were trying to hype themselves up/they felt they had to be over the top
Comments like that are the main reason why i don't want England to win the whole cup.
I have a feeling the neutrals will cheer for Belgium yes
Yeah, though being pedantic they wouldn't be back before the season starts - 3 weeks between WC Final and start of new season, and I think the holiday each player gets is about 3 weeks.
On the evidence of the game just played, could it not be argued that England made Sweden look poor?
You do understand that he simply got bored with your insufferable relentless shithousing on a world cup quarter final thread that does not include your preferred teamComments like that are the main reason why i don't want England to win the whole cup.
because they were so shit they finished bottom of their group … couldn't resist it!
Comments like that are the main reason why i don't want England to win the whole cup.
A German (probably not allowed to call them krauts on here) calling another nation arrogant
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Swedes congratulating the English while the English are giving us shit, poor souls.
I think you guys did very well, knocking out Netherlands, Italy and Germany on the way knockouts is a great result.
In a way, this sucks. If England manage to win it, Lingard, Rashford, and Jones (LOL) will come home happy but Lukaku, Fellaini, and Pogba will go home defeated.
Okay then. Germany didn't get knocked out.Comments like that are the main reason why i don't want England to win the whole cup.
I hate this doing down of Sweden. Look at their record in qualifying and in the groups.
England played well and kept them pushed back. Just be happy for England
England played well and kept them pushed back. Just be happy for England
Germany won a match? When was that?!
The German posters on here absolutely love pontificating about arrogance whilst also being completely oblivious to their own. Impressive stuff.
It would be almost as bad as the arrogance of Germans for the last 4 years.Comments like that are the main reason why i don't want England to win the whole cup.
Another nonsensical comment with a random number thrown in. We can be certain that the true possibility of either Croatia or Russia winning the WC is somewhere between 10 and 20% (I'm allowing a huge margin of error here) at this point.
Exactly the type of game that we'd have lost in the past. It was this tournament's Iceland game.
Played well and Sweden were poor but we wasted so many chances and fafffed around far too much and we'll not get that against Croatia for example, let alone Belgium or France in the final.
Still nothing created for Kane so he comes deeper and deeper and then when we finally put something in the box he isn't there cause he's had to come deep. Hence why Sterling gets the chances and Sterling can't finish his fecking dinner.
Thank god we've got Maguire's magnificently massive bonce 'cause we'd never score a goal.
Played well and Sweden were poor but we wasted so many chances and fafffed around far too much and we'll not get that against Croatia for example, let alone Belgium or France in the final.
Still nothing created for Kane so he comes deeper and deeper and then when we finally put something in the box he isn't there cause he's had to come deep. Hence why Sterling gets the chances and Sterling can't finish his fecking dinner.
Thank god we've got Maguire's magnificently massive bonce 'cause we'd never score a goal.
Really? So players like Zlatan, Henrik Laarson, Freddie Ljungberg, Thomas Ravelli, Thomas Brolin, Martin Dahlin, Kim Kallstrom, Anders Limpar, Jesper Blomqvist etc never gave Sweden relevance? They also managed 4th at a world cup once, 3rd once and were runners up against the genius of a teenage Pele and Brazil.
Fabian Delph: "My wife's an absolute machine" 
How the hell did this guy get on the field ahead of Rashford when he's done about 20k Km on planes since the Belgium match?
How the hell did this guy get on the field ahead of Rashford when he's done about 20k Km on planes since the Belgium match?
Great World Cup for Sweden despite the loss.
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First I've ever heard that the captain is always in the post match interview?
I think its pretty obvious it wouldve been more difficult. Spain lacked a cutting edge but they're obviously a better side then Russia, hence them breaking passing records. Against Russia, England would play their normal style and have better players all over the pitch and dominate and probably win. Against Spain, England would sit back and have very little possession, rely on random counters and hope Spain have an off day as Spain have better individuals. Same situation with Germany. They had bad tactics and awful finishing and a bad mentality, but they'd still dominate possession, pressure England and create a lot of chances. Them finishing bottom doesnt change the fact that they had the most shots out of anyone and all the possession.
Being resilient to hold them off, smart and clinical on the break is what's needed against those. It's a completely different game playing Sweden/Russia when you play your normal game, or spain/Germany where they dominate the ball and make you change.
Comments like that are the main reason why i don't want England to win the whole cup.
You mean like all the arrogance shown by the Germans over the past 4 years.
Fabian Delph: "My wife's an absolute machine"
How the hell did this guy get on the field ahead of Rashford when he's done about 20k Km on planes since the Belgium match?
Fabian Delph: "Yea, it was great to be able to go home and be present for a birth of my child, it only happens ones in a life time".
This is his third child.
When England win in the final I am going to rub it in the face of every Scot/Welsh/Irish person I meet for the next 4 years years until we win it again and it returns for the 2nd time in a row.
I will be insufferable.
I will be insufferable.
Makes sense given the occasion.
I'm mega happy with that, it's coming home... hopefully. Come on England let's do this
We'll win the Euros in 2020 as well, mate.