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RE: ⚽ Euro 2024: Netherlands 1-2 England - My Favourite 45 Minutes
You just said my mind about that penalty that was awarded to Kane. For me, it was a 50/50 tackle. Well, the referee knows better…
Why did you want Kane out? He actually performed well in the first half…
The fact that England have gotten to the finals, I see them winning the game not by the best of performances but by luck this time around..
I don’t think that he did though. He can’t move. There were times where he should have been trying to stretch the defence and he didn’t. He’s the reason Koeman was able to change things at half time. His 1st half performance was so bad, that he’s the reason Koeman was able to kill the 2nd half by very simply pushing his defence higher. Kane always wants it to feet so their whole team pushed up and the game was suffocated
Perhaps ironically, this is also the reason Watkins was able to come on and score the winner. The Dutch sat deep in the first half which suited us. They pushed up in the 2nd because we had no threat in behind. Watkins came on and the Dutch didn’t react to that threat and lost the game.
So for me, Kane was rubbish again (he must be playing with an injury) but without his poor performance, Watkins couldn’t have won it for us.
You probably aren't going to believe me but when Watkins was brought in, I told my brother that he's going to win it for England. The reason behind it? I play with England in FC24 and always bring in Watkins around 70+ minutes to get that extra pace and score a couple of late goals 🤣🤣
I do believe you because I said exactly the same thing. But for very different reasons 😆
I think Spain’s style of play will suit us tomorrow.