Manchester United are just busy with maintaining possession and forgetting the reason why they came to play today. What a hopeless performance. No desire or urgency, hoping for individual brilliance. This is very depressing to watch. The problem is how the team is setup.The defensive shape is okay for defense and control but the attacking shape is worrying. Bruno can't be a false 9 in this team because he keeps going deep to get the ball, I wonder who told him that he must be at the center  of all the attack. The attacking shape is extremely poor, imbalanced and tuned for a minimum of loss. This season can't come to an end fast enough.

Obviously Netherland must top the group. The second place comes between Ecuador and Senegal. I think Senegal and Cameroon appear to be in fair groups to advance in the last of 16. With Senegal, I haven't heard of Qatar so much with football despite them being the host nation. Ecuador cannot bring anything extraordinary against Senegal, except for Netherlands in group (A). But one thing is for sure, there is always one shocker in every group stage. Who you’ll expect won't come out. Doesn't matter who meets who, depends on the motives of going to Qatar. Most of the teams are going just to represent, while others are hungry for the trophy.

Honestly I do not think that their presence in the UEFA champions league was the reason why they have been off form. Manchester united were expected to mount a genuine Premier League title charge this season following an impressive summer recruitment drive, which concluded with Cristiano Ronaldo's return to the club, but have fallen well short. Now they face Leicester city, a side that have been trying to improve their performance as of recent. They have only lost one game from their last four, which was against Arsenal. They are currently in 10th position with two games in hand. Maybe they have a plan to make the Europa league spot.

My biggest concern about SouthGate’s choice of midfielders he’s to deploy today. Philips and Rice aren’t the best match for the Italian trio.

The Italian midfield is more experienced than the three Lions. Jorginhno’s ability to dictate the tempo of the game is something the English side doesn’t have.

This Italy side can do it all, combining the defensive savvy they are famed for, along with a willingness to take the ball, dominate the game and get forward.
 I think Henderson needs to step in today to spice up the midfield.

Successful people fail a lot "

Its never easy to achieve success without going past seamlessly insurmountable huddles, but remember they are on your path to the final victory.

Just like you have the group stage, disqualification stage and the final stage in football...same goes to our path of victory!!

So toughen up after each failed attempt, get acquainted with the right tactics and systems and when you fail at one, try again today, tomorrow, the day after until your desired goal is met.

N/B: Never get tired of failing until you're successful.

To a Great week.

I believe there’re rapid solutions to problems, and Gamblers always want chances to improve their luck. I’ve seen some ethical gamblers some superstitious medal around their neck or carry one in a mojo bag to keep their powers close when gambling or lighting candles and reciting some prayers.

What kind of adjustment? The game is still early and Portugal has created more chances than the Belgians. If they keep creating more chances, goals will start pouring. The midfielders have been creative.

Happy to see Santos has dropped Fernandes today again. Trying to accommodate him reshapes the team and they tend to suffer defensively. He’s presence makes them play two holding midfielders and since the wingers don’t help their fullbacks, their opponent’s fullbacks have the freedom to go on and off around the edges.

If Portugal holding midfielders tries to come to the wings, the opponents returns and try going in thru the midfield, making them stretch too much.
This 3-man midfield is the best for them and it guilds the team since Ronaldo and Bernardo doesn’t drop back to help the fullbacks cover up when the overlap.

The Orange has gone home to eat Orange. Funny how they came out top of the group with 9 points and got eliminated by the best loser in a group. This football thing is a whole mystery.

Definitely the team which can score more than a goal will always have the upper hand. Netherland can do that easily against the Czechs. Netherland to win by 3:1

One of the primary reasons why people stay addicted for long is to win big. They think a big win will solve financial and all other problems in their lives.

An addictive gambler who doesn’t want to totally quit gambling can choose the option of controlled gambling.
It’s only when gambling gets out of control that it starts to cause problems on people’s lives.

You think it’s gone be an easy match between the Orange and Czech??
I know the Netherlands are good at pouring goals. They’ve a very good midfield and it’s an advantage to them. I’d definitely like to see the Czechs progress to the Quarter finals.

Penalties requires composure, powerful shooting and ability to deception. Last time I checked Penalty has been part of the game. Manchester United lost the Europa league tittle on penalties shoot-outs.
Let me bring to your awareness that Meesi in total has missed four of the 19 penalties he's taken in the blue and white, In total he's taken 107 penalties, scoring 82 and missing 25. A success rate of just 76.6%, well below Ronaldo.

My regards goes out to this Hungary Team, They weren’t given a chance in this group of death against Germany, Portugal and France.

They got two points and were in actual winning positions more than any other team in the group  (92 minutes) across 3 Games  👏🏽

It’s an easy win for the Netherlands. Depay is on the score sheet, inspired with his big dream move to Barcelona. I expected him to score today. He’s been having nice games in this Euros. More goals to come in the second half.

The wings are Portugal's biggest undoings.
The need to cover the wings, that’s Germany's tool.

Hungary is hungrier and that is why they could not spill the chance to fees when they saw it. France is overfed that's why they can afford to throw away chances.

Hungary is hoping on playing a counter attacking football with a good defense. France have been dominating for sure, just missing keys chances. France need to continue with this pressure to weaken them and their defensive tactics and expect some goals in the second half.

Raheem starts over Grealish. I don’t want to criticize Southgate’s decision to leave out Grealish over Sterling, despite the Aston Villa captain's impressive displays in the warm-up fixtures.