No match is easy but out of the top 3 in Group A, I'd rather play Senegal. That match against Equador could have gone either way. Senegal lack discipline and will give away free kicks around the box. Equador didn't put enough pressure on them - they even did a backwards throw-in during additional time, instead of getting it down the line and pulling it back into the box, and I'd expect England to exploit that better.
Hmm so who do we want, given that a tie against the Netherlands will see us avoid France in the Quarters?
(Our record against the Dutch is shite)
You have to try and win the game and top the group IMO.
France in a potential QF is scary but it's knockout football. Every chance it could be a team out of Group C that beats them. Equally, a possibility that the QF is France v Senegal.
No match is easy but out of the top 3 in Group A, I'd rather play Senegal. That match against Equador could have gone either way. Senegal lack discipline and will give away free kicks around the box. Equador didn't put enough pressure on them - they even did a backwards throw-in during additional time, instead of getting it down the line and pulling it back into the box, and I'd expect England to exploit that better.
Won't be easy - Senegal have nothing to lose and every neutral will back them...
No match is easy but out of the top 3 in Group A, I'd rather play Senegal. That match against Equador could have gone either way. Senegal lack discipline and will give away free kicks around the box. Equador didn't put enough pressure on them - they even did a backwards throw-in during additional time, instead of getting it down the line and pulling it back into the box, and I'd expect England to exploit that better.
Agree - I think Ecuador are the better team overall, especially as Senegal are without their talisman. I was not looking forward to a potential clash with Ecuador but Senegal will play more open football and that should suit us.
It was their negative tactics that did for Ecuador today. If they had opened the group against Senegal without knowing what they knew today, I think result could have been very different.
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Lack of quality on show here.
Senegal will play the winner of England's group on Sunday, 7pm kick off.
(Our record against the Dutch is shite)
Senegal lack discipline and will give away free kicks around the box. Equador didn't put enough pressure on them - they even did a backwards throw-in during additional time, instead of getting it down the line and pulling it back into the box, and I'd expect England to exploit that better.
France in a potential QF is scary but it's knockout football. Every chance it could be a team out of Group C that beats them. Equally, a possibility that the QF is France v Senegal.
It was their negative tactics that did for Ecuador today. If they had opened the group against Senegal without knowing what they knew today, I think result could have been very different.