Referee is having a good game.....for France

England gave a great account of themselves tonight, probably had more of the play but were battling the ref for a large part.
The pressure got to Kane, unfortunately.

Who knows who would have won that match in a fair contest? If I had to bet the house I'd say England, but we'll never know who should be playing Morocco in the semi-final.

We go home unbeaten. We were playing 12 men; that wasn't a meaningful game of football.

Take it on the chin Slim! England were the better team tonight but couldn't do what mattered

It would be remiss of me not to say, nice pink boots and some great armbands. Who knows how much further we'd have got if it was only about the football 

The "foul" on Saka that led to a goal, wasn't one. Upamecano got the ball. Kane was fouled outside the box for the pen in the first half that wasn't given.

Bellingham must be in with a shout as moaner of the tournament. Impressive for such a young player

I suppose you'll all be wearing fezes now!

Quote from: dom on December 10, 2022, 09:14:07 PMI suppose you'll all be wearing fezes now!

It would be a shame for the World Cup, for Football and for Sport if France were to go through to the final because they haven't actually earned a place in the semis. There's no way, therefore, for them to be meaningful winners either of that match, or the final.

But we'll never know if Morocco would have beaten England so ultimately, through no fault of their own, they wouldn't have earned a place in the final either. So I don't really care if they beat France or not; it's not really a legitimate contest. It means very little in truth.

Which incidents led to the ref deciding the game for France?

Bukayo Saka, where is he from? Where is he from?

Didn't watch it, but saw some of the BBC's text feed. People were moaning about fouls on Saka not being given, I was wondering why they were concerned about a Frog being fouled...

At least we should be free of shit BBC headlines like "Kane levels Rooney's goal scoring record" Levels? Equals more like. Do illiterate seppos work for less than illiterate Brits?

Bums, better team lost tonight . Oh well at least I can relax and enjoy the WC a bit more now. England are doing well in the cricket though. 

P.S. I want a Croatia v Morocco final now.

Same old story - not good enough.  Simple as.

Quote from: Matt2112 on December 10, 2022, 09:56:11 PMSame old story - not good enough.  Simple as.

One of the 5th-8th best team in the world though - maybe.

Really thought England were going to do something memorable this time. Their play up to this game reminded me of the Germans in previous tournaments. Quite calm and clinical. No doubt the media will savage them tomorrow onwards. Harry Kane not hitting a one hundred and ninety two square feet target from spitting distance is mesmerising. £200,000 per week. Every week. Even this week.

Quote from: pxr5 on December 10, 2022, 09:33:23 PMP.S. I want a Croatia v Morocco final now.

Definitely not in FIFA's plans, I'd say