Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
Ampadu has been a bit disappointing the last few times I've seen him. Still plenty of time for him though.

Tactically I thought we had it spot on. Yes they went ahead, and it could have been 2, but after that they never really troubled us.
Croatia are an extremely press-resistant team, with the number of technical players they have, as England found out, which I think is why we weren't trying to be all over them like a rash. That would have just left us likely to be played through.
Instead we bided our time and kept our shape until the right pressing opportunity.
Like when Cardiff tried it at reading promotion year and went 2 down maybe?

I noticed Moore wasn’t pressing so it was obviously a tactical decision. Seems it worked.