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Quote from: D-law on December 10, 2022, 10:50:29 PM

Rabiot has been under estimated severally but he has been up and going
England didn't operate more from the middle but from the wing
One good thing England did was to keep Mbappe silent.

Looks like it happened in the first half, because I watched the match between England and France, even though Kylian Mbappe didn't score in that match, he managed to make it difficult for the English defense to guard him.

But in my opinion, Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembele are players who played an important role in France's winning scheme, although other players also contributed, because the process of creating goals cannot be separated from Antoine Griezmann's ability to see movement Aurelien Tchouameni and Olivier Giroud, for successfully sending measurable passes, so that they created two goals respectively in the 17th and 78th minutes.

Quote from: bestcoins1 on Today at 04:37:01 AM

Antoine Griezmann was the best player after the match was over and actually in terms of ball possession I saw not much difference between these two teams, but France was able to make a very extraordinary surprise by continuing to mess up the English defense so that in the first half France was immediately one goal ahead of England

Possession of the ball was almost even for both of them, France was able to create two chances to create goals for them, the French midfield and defenders were able to control the course of the match, so that England had difficulty creating attacks, there were seven shots on target owned by England, but because of Hugo Lloris able to brush aside so that no goals are created for England other than through the penalty spot.

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One of the great chances and opportunities for the England national team that didn't work out and that's very unfortunate was the missed penalty in the second half through Harry Kane whose shot was saved by the French goalkeeper in the 84th minute. Even though it was an opportunity for England to equalize before the game was over.

Harry Kane's second penalty was still wide of the goal, even though this was England's best chance to equalize, and it is certain that if Harry Kane's second penalty was scored, then the game would definitely be different. But unfortunately that chance ended for England in the World Cup this time, because they had to go home before the World Cup ended.

Really think it is difficult for football fans all over the world including England. England has performed well in this World Cup, all the players in the team have played with responsibility. Maybe England could have secured the semi-final, if Harry Kane had been able to score the second penalty goal.