tbh either Neither looks great, Ukraine are highly dependant on Yarmalenko and Sweden on Forsberg, both of whom can easily be shut down. Then there is the fact they'll have just played 120mins with alot of players taking heavy knocks (some of whom are likely to miss at least the next game) England should be overwhelming favourites to get to the SF.
Agreed. We look better than either, with 30 minutes less played and less injuries. Just hope the players don't take it for granted.
Ukraine score. And its the only thing to happen, other than everybody rolling around on the floor, since mid way through the first half
I believe its at this point I should bring this back up Aside from about 20mins in the first half, its been utter balls.
So no battle of the Everton keepers then. We'll need to keep Zinchenko quiet; goal and an Assist tonight.
I'd have preferred Sweden, they've got fitter women Seriously though, Ukraine are quite a big strong side.
Am I the only one that thought that red was a joke? Ball is there, guy volleys it clear and then Ukraine player pretty much runs into his foot. Absolutely zero malice, wasn’t even a tackle, much like the one in the prem back end of this season (possibly West Ham?) where guy just cleared the ball and then caught player in the leg as his foot was retuning to the ground! I don’t understand what refs want players to do, it’s almost like you have to kick the ball with no follow through these days in case someone comes within 2 foot of you andyou make contact. Same thing with players jumping and their arms touching opposition becoming an automatic yellow
I thought it was just me. Commentators were reeling out their "horror tackle" phrases, deserved red and so on but I saw it like you. Unfortunate for the Uke player - it looked a nasty injury, but in real time it just looked like a clearance that ended up in an accidental collision. Not malicious, not reckless, just unlucky. The slow-mo replay on telly really made it look worse, as they so often do, so maybe the ref was going by that.
