95 minute, our throw in near their box, we should have moved faster and chucked it in
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95 minute, our throw in near their box, we should have moved faster and chucked it in
We have the advantage of playing Italy last. By next weekend they could already be guaranteed first place. Having said that, we will still struggle even if they rest players.
We were wide open at the back whenever they attacked in the second-half and very fortunate to only concede one goal.
Good point in the end as we were well outplayed for much of it. Just disappointed in how passive we were for most of the match, they have some good players, more so than us but they looked world beaters when given so much space.
Embolo was summoning his inner Messi.
Come on Bob we were cr@p. If wed played even half decent a point would be more than ok.
Its not the result. A bad performance and probably our best player subbed and he clearly wasnt happy.
Anyway on to the next. Several players need axing though. Morell , Allen , Roberts.
Yes there were, but I think people need to be realistic. You almost need to be getting your state pension to have been alive the time we went to the finals of a major tournament before 2016 - we don’t compete at this level often and today offered evidence as to why.
I’m just about to write my blog piece on the game and am going to be spending a fair bit of time on how central midfield was a major problem for us. Wales were so much like City today in terms of how ineffective we were in the middle of the park in front of our defence, but who do we have within the squad who would have offered more than Allen and Morrell? Ampadu perhaps, but how fit is he? I don’t think Will Vaulks would have made any difference either because the problems we had today seemed to me to be very similar to the ones a City midfield with Vaulks in it has when they’re struggling.
I’d also say that 30degree temperatures were hardly conducive to an effective high pressing game - I thought Switzerland were good in that department for about an hour then began to tire.
Feel sorry for the fans who travelled (despite it being against advice). Awful place to be put in a very empty stadium. Going to be very outnumbered on Wednesday too. Sticks in the throat that England and even bloody Scotland get home matches and Welsh fans have to put up with that.
The central midfield was shocking.