You must be over the proverbial at the moment. Iceland beat England then Celtic lose to the Red Imps. What happens next, European Union unilaterally accepts Scotland as an independent nation? Can things get any better for you?
I kinda both agree and disagree about Germany. I don't think it was so much a finisher they lacked as any point to their attacks when Gomez wasn't there. They seemed happy getting from their own third of the pitch to the opposition's, but once they arrived they knew the goal was there in theory, but were clueless on the necessary moves. Thomas Muller is a good player, but I couldn't actually tell you where he plays. And then we have their full backs, Hector and Kimmich seemed to get decent reviews, but I thought they were shite. Kimmich clearly is only a midfielder, but he must have something, he's at Bayern.
Croatia almost always look the business to me, but they just know how to lose. And I think that's what Portugal had, the sense to realise all their opponents were crap. They let everyone lose to them. It was like falling upwards. In the past they've always gone out with the attitude, we've got Luis Figo / Ronaldo and class will tell (and it never did).
France had a squad of really good players, but they looked disorganised, team selection never looked right, and they seemed to rely on either a lone piece of brilliance or perhaps two players suddenly combining. Like Sissoko in the final; he played great but he was never going to create a goal except by bursting through the defence on his own and blasting in a twenty-yarder. They made themselves easy for Portugal to stop didn't they?
I kinda both agree and disagree about Germany. I don't think it was so much a finisher they lacked as any point to their attacks when Gomez wasn't there. They seemed happy getting from their own third of the pitch to the opposition's, but once they arrived they knew the goal was there in theory, but were clueless on the necessary moves. Thomas Muller is a good player, but I couldn't actually tell you where he plays. And then we have their full backs, Hector and Kimmich seemed to get decent reviews, but I thought they were shite. Kimmich clearly is only a midfielder, but he must have something, he's at Bayern.
Croatia almost always look the business to me, but they just know how to lose. And I think that's what Portugal had, the sense to realise all their opponents were crap. They let everyone lose to them. It was like falling upwards. In the past they've always gone out with the attitude, we've got Luis Figo / Ronaldo and class will tell (and it never did).
France had a squad of really good players, but they looked disorganised, team selection never looked right, and they seemed to rely on either a lone piece of brilliance or perhaps two players suddenly combining. Like Sissoko in the final; he played great but he was never going to create a goal except by bursting through the defence on his own and blasting in a twenty-yarder. They made themselves easy for Portugal to stop didn't they?