adrian lord

POR-SPA is a muted affair so far. Chris Sutton is incredibly disagreeable.

Fantastic. A lot of ghosts and demons put to bed with that epic win. Impeccable performance and effort. The penalty against Kane was soft as a FIFA brown envelope.

The African teams are getting there, challenging the old powers, but almost every game they run out of steam towards the late stages and succumb. Fitness and mental fatigue is clearly an issue when you are playing a defensive, drilled pressing strategy that requires total concentration and discipline for 96 or even 120+minutes.

Where would we be without Kane?

Tuchel is a genius

Euro 96 remains peak England in my lifetime.

No wonder Barcelona didn’t want Rashford

Well they might well be…

Jesus wept Congo are simply better than us.

For England, the hydration break, or both?!!!

This has the hallmarks of a meltdown at the moment

Trying to watch on phone in a train. Mercifully, I can’t get any streaming-useable signal.

Apart from the goal, another dire game.

We need to sign up that Paraguay keeper as understudy to Peretz!

Excellent!!

Omg

FFS…

Can he keep his nerve

Crikey

Yep. Had Peretz suffered a similar foul in the league we’d be baying for referee/VAR to intervene. The tater with Shearer is very biased towards Germany

No goalie would go down like that to simulate being fouled because the risks are far too great. Shearer is talking bollox

Ruled out

The female narrator on ITV sport saying there’s been a record number of goals in this World Cup so far. That’s hardly surprising given the massively expanded group stage.

Bellingham and Kane aside, this squad is merely last 32 material not even quarters. Saka and Rashford stunk out the wings last night, crossing so badly, and the defence was hair-raising. Midfield anonymous with no movement in front of them to pass into.

Blaming the pitch. Jesus.