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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jul 11, 2018 - 03:01pm PT
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Yeah, that was not really great showing from England. They did look better for much of the first half, but didn't really take enough advantage of it.
They never really played any strong teams at full strength...Belgium played their B team, and Colombia was missing James Rodriguez.
Against a Croatia team that should have been much more tired, it was England that looked like they ran out of gas and ideas.
Maybe next time try picking fewer Spurs players ;-)
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Climberdude
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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Jul 11, 2018 - 04:50pm PT
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Go Croatia!
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Jul 11, 2018 - 09:07pm PT
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Plucky Croats.
I imagine the proper term is Croatian but I stick with Croat.
GO, CROATIA
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 12, 2018 - 11:44pm PT
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England had the game in hand and then played not to lose while Croatia played to win. I was splaining that to La Femme about 30 seconds before Croatia scored their first. Full credit win.
Final should be very entertaining but France is too big, too fast, and too skilled with a better keeper.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jul 13, 2018 - 05:28am PT
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and...it would be hard for me to imagine the Croatian players being able to recover in time after such an effort. France not only has an extra day of rest but was able to take care of business with Belgium in 90 minutes.
edit - blahblah, the Belgian side also had quite a mix of folks with African roots.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jul 14, 2018 - 09:21am PT
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Belgium 2 , England 0
yawn.
England goes out as 4th best team, and gets $22 million in prize money? for what? they won only 2 games in regular play, against powerhouses Panama and Tunisia.
On the other hand, Belgium goes out with head held high, having lost only one game, and they presented great spectacle in every one of those games.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 14, 2018 - 10:05am PT
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Roberto Martinez is a genius for getting those guys to play so well. They don’t have overwhelming talent. Fellaini is past his prime and I don’t think Lukaku has reached his, plus he could stand to lose 15 pounds.
Really like Croatia but I gotta go with La Femme’s crew. We’ll be watching it on top of a mountain in arctic Sweden! WOOT!
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jul 15, 2018 - 08:11am PT
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first ten minutes and it's Croatia who are playing like they want it
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Jul 15, 2018 - 08:30am PT
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that was a superb Croatian strike
good match so far
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 15, 2018 - 08:31am PT
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Perisic certainly put a bulge in the old onion bag! Helluva game!
It’s partay time in Sverige! Woot!
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Jul 15, 2018 - 09:17am PT
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Refs need to give more penalties for grabbing other players. The beautiful game is getting ugly.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Jul 15, 2018 - 09:28am PT
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garbage time now at 4-2
put in Carmelo Anthony!!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 15, 2018 - 09:45am PT
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There must not be a word in Croatian for ‘quit’. Respect!
BTW, a tip of the hat to the refs for this game and the vast majority I saw.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jul 15, 2018 - 10:09am PT
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Croatia gets huge points for the effort they put in. And an amazing tournament for Modric.
In the end, I think France had just a little too much talent. And they were very well coached. Brilliant move to take off Kante for N'Zonzi.
Can't believe Pogba whiffed on that one at the end...he'll never see an easier chance off a free kick.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Jul 15, 2018 - 10:11am PT
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My compliments to France. Didier Deschamps has built a team where even extreme individualists like Paul Pogba takes responsibility and contributes as a team player. France deserved the title showing stability at a high level through the whole tournament. And well played by Croatia. Silver to Croatia is a more incredible achievement than gold to France...
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