Rolling Results 21/22

[Colin Is The King]

Red card De Ligt Netherlands for handball and preventing a run on goal. VAR referred decision. 0-0.

 

[Colin Is The King]

Czech Republic 1 Netherlands 0.

 

[Skoorb]

The Dutch, even with the disadvantage of being a man down, do look poor.

 

[Buzz Lightyear]

The Dutch, even with the disadvantage of being a man down, do look poor.

I do think the play acting of the Cech players milking every tackle and challenge At least three could have been killed

 

[Colin Is The King]

Czech Republic 2 Netherlands 0.

 

[Skoorb]

I do think the play acting of the Cech players milking every tackle and challenge At least three could have been killed

There were a few near fatalities

 

[Skoorb]

I have to say that I am so spoilt by the quality of football, possession and pass completion rates that City produce that I can find watching some other matches (including international sides) very frustrating. Some of the careless coughing up of the ball by the Netherlands has been woeful.

 

[Colin Is The King]

I have to say that I am so spoilt by the quality of football, possession and pass completion rates that City produce that I can find watching some other matches (including international sides) very frustrating. Some of the careless coughing up of the ball by the Netherlands has been woeful.

I tend to agree with this point of view. To play a devil's advocate, does this make any reflections about City's struggles in the back end of 2020 one of perspective or not?

 

[Colin Is The King]

FT Czech Republic 2 Netherlands 0.

 

[Skoorb]

De Bruyne v Bernardo & Ruben

 

[Skoorb]

De Bruyne down injured after being hacked down in the halfway line as Belgium counter attacked

 

[Skoorb]

KDB still gingerly feeling his left ankle as the teams return for the second half.

Belgium 1 Portugal 0

 

[Skoorb]

De Bruyne subbed - his twisted ankle clearly too sore to allow him to continue

 

[Skoorb]

Portugal now starting to mete out some rough challenges

 

[Skoorb]

Pepe's just elbowed someone in the face. Only given a yellow though. Thug.

 

[Skoorb]

FT

Belgium 1 Portugal 0

Let’s hope KDB’s twisted ankle isn’t too bad

 

[Buzz Lightyear]

FT

Belgium 1 Portugal 0

Let’s hope KDB’s twisted ankle isn’t too bad

Whilst I hope you are right the pitch itself is to blame and KDB on a normal pitch would have made no divet like this one did and that is the worry, I remember Simon Jones playing for England doing a sliding manoeuvre to stop a ball (cricket) and doing his knee in on similar ground, never the same again sadly. Just thinking that the worse could happen, I hope that Kevin is fine and they all come home safely

 

[Colin Is The King]

Croatia 1 Spain 0.

A gift from the Spanish keeper, who gets a slight touch to a back pass, for an own goal.

 

[Colin Is The King]

Croatia 1 Spain 1, after pinball in the Croatia penalty area.

 

[Colin Is The King]

HT Croatia 1 Spain 1.