Your 50% Italian must feel confident after seeing England defending against the 5 knackered Danes and the 5 Danish subs that aren't top international players.
Henderson, Foden and Grealish are great subs to come on and not sure what the Trippier for Grealish was all about and letting the Danes have the ball.
Fantastic effort by Denmark, but once Christensen, Damsgaard and Delaney went off they were there for the taking but football has changed to conserving energy for the seven match challenge to win a final.
Bit extra in defence, and to be fair the Trippier/Walker overlap was how we got the ball out of our own half and played down the clock about 4 or 5 times during those 15mins.
Contrary to what most seem to think on here, it was infuriating me in the final mins when we clearly had a great chance to score a third and finish it. I understand game management and running the clock down etc but it really can bite you, so I think if you’ve got a clear cut chance you should take it.
Thought when Grealish came on we actually did lose some shape and thought Saka was still causing them problems.
Some of Kane’s hold up play and drawing fouls was superb and un-appreciated.
Felt like Pickford and Maguire are constantly at odds, not just in this game.
Sterling continues to confuse me. World class in so many ways, but league 1 in some others with his end product. Would have liked to have seen Sancho late on.
Whoever shone the laser at Schmichael during the pen is a moron, not that it seemed to affect him.
Credit to the Danes, thought they were a really decent outfit who pushed us all the way.
And arise sir Southgate. After all our years of under-performance and under-achievement, a semi and final back to back. No one can take that away or argue with that. A legend already in my eyes and a quality, likeable bloke to boot.
Contrary to what most seem to think on here, it was infuriating me in the final mins when we clearly had a great chance to score a third and finish it. I understand game management and running the clock down etc but it really can bite you, so I think if you’ve got a clear cut chance you should take it.
Thought when Grealish came on we actually did lose some shape and thought Saka was still causing them problems.
Some of Kane’s hold up play and drawing fouls was superb and un-appreciated.
Felt like Pickford and Maguire are constantly at odds, not just in this game.
Sterling continues to confuse me. World class in so many ways, but league 1 in some others with his end product. Would have liked to have seen Sancho late on.
Whoever shone the laser at Schmichael during the pen is a moron, not that it seemed to affect him.
Credit to the Danes, thought they were a really decent outfit who pushed us all the way.
And arise sir Southgate. After all our years of under-performance and under-achievement, a semi and final back to back. No one can take that away or argue with that. A legend already in my eyes and a quality, likeable bloke to boot.
Sunday will be hard but not impossible.
“I know that was then, but it could be again”
I can see where coming from but we saw the game out like nothing I’ve ever seen before. My mates were moaning about the grealish sub but it’s all about the team and the occasion.
We look so much better than we did even 2 years ago. Phil Foden and Jack Grealish deserve bigger roles in this side but it’s so hard to fit everyone in. I respect that now.
We can progress evened further, but for right now English football is in a fantastic place.
I think we can build on this in the next few years and play with more flair. The future looks good.
I expressed my doubts before the game, but Walker was excellent tonight. Kane was excellent, but got away with a terrible penalty, Sterling was also excellent, but his finishing wasn't up to his standard this tournament.
Pickford had one of his rocky Everton nights. Shaw wasn't as good as in his previous games going forward, and got caught out a bit defensively. The CBs looked a bit shakier on the ball than usual, though a lot of that is down to the pressing from Denmark, but both were excellent in the air.
I thought we controlled the game pretty well. Pickford was the weak link all night. Italy will cause more problems but I feel their defence is better than their attack
33 games unbeaten and England don't beat Italy in Tournament football. There's a first time for everything but I personally make Italy favourites despite it being at Wembley.
Getting the monkey off our back and getting to a final was so important but working out a way to beat Italy should be interesting.
Foden could get the nod instead of Saka, and we go with 4-2-3-1 but the way Sterling and Kane seem to interchange it's anyone guess who the one is up front which is great as Italy will be confused as well. We could play 4-3-3 and it will be hard to tell the difference as we don't play a rigid system anyway.
Our players still seem to have energy. 6 games played and 1 humongous game to go.
I’m way too pissed and way too happy to be thinking about tactics, performances, formations etc for Sunday.
We’ll be nostalgic for this tournament in years to come, so enjoy the moment. It really could be once in a generation/lifetime.
After a year and a half of suffering, we’re getting the ultimate treat of an England major tournament Final at Wembley to finally lift people’s spirits as we come out of the other side of this awful pandemic.
This is the sort of thing we’ll talk to grandkids about and maybe even teach in classrooms one day. Embrace this moment.
Jeez. The rest of the world is having a massive hissy fit about the penalty. “Rigged” ”Denmark were robbed” ”England can never complain about diving again” (Nobody seems to be able to remember the ludicrous free kick that led to the Danish goal…)
And I thought England fans were one eyed. It turns out England haters are even worse.
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Outside my house in west Wickham for the last 15 minutes and it's like nothing happened
Thought when Grealish came on we actually did lose some shape and thought Saka was still causing them problems.
Some of Kane’s hold up play and drawing fouls was superb and un-appreciated.
Felt like Pickford and Maguire are constantly at odds, not just in this game.
Sterling continues to confuse me. World class in so many ways, but league 1 in some others with his end product. Would have liked to have seen Sancho late on.
Whoever shone the laser at Schmichael during the pen is a moron, not that it seemed to affect him.
Credit to the Danes, thought they were a really decent outfit who pushed us all the way.
And arise sir Southgate. After all our years of under-performance and under-achievement, a semi and final back to back. No one can take that away or argue with that. A legend already in my eyes and a quality, likeable bloke to boot.
Sunday will be hard but not impossible.
Job ain't finished yet.
Bollocks were in the final
4 of those were in WC qualifiers (2 home & 2 away - 1970's & 1990's)
1 was in the Group stage of a major tournament - WC 2014
1 was the 3rd/4th play off game at Italia 90 - and no-one wants to play in that game.
1 was in the knockout stages of Euro 2012 where we lost on pens.
Staggering when we always seem to play the Czechs or Poland every single tournament.
Just broke Into a rendition of I'm not going a bed
Justice for Lampard's "goal" back in 2010.
let’s remember, Austria pushed them hard
That was my only negative though. I agree the rest of them were superb.
Pickford had one of his rocky Everton nights. Shaw wasn't as good as in his previous games going forward, and got caught out a bit defensively. The CBs looked a bit shakier on the ball than usual, though a lot of that is down to the pressing from Denmark, but both were excellent in the air.
And now to enjoy the final with my boy next to me on the sofa on Sunday. Wonderful
33 games unbeaten and England don't beat Italy in Tournament football. There's a first time for everything but I personally make Italy favourites despite it being at Wembley.
Getting the monkey off our back and getting to a final was so important but working out a way to beat Italy should be interesting.
Foden could get the nod instead of Saka, and we go with 4-2-3-1 but the way Sterling and Kane seem to interchange it's anyone guess who the one is up front which is great as Italy will be confused as well.
We could play 4-3-3 and it will be hard to tell the difference as we don't play a rigid system anyway.
Our players still seem to have energy. 6 games played and 1 humongous game to go.
We’ll be nostalgic for this tournament in years to come, so enjoy the moment. It really could be once in a generation/lifetime.
“Rigged”
”Denmark were robbed”
”England can never complain about diving again”
(Nobody seems to be able to remember the ludicrous free kick that led to the Danish goal…)
And I thought England fans were one eyed. It turns out England haters are even worse.