In reply to Babika:
France deserved to lose; shocked out of their sluggish torpor by the penalty save, played 20 mins of fantasy football, then switched off when they reckoned the job was done. Well, it wasn’t done.
Pogba was at the heart of it- he’s capable of playing passes that don’t even look possible, and that goal was astounding; but then he just disappeared, except when he was being caught in possession, or moaning to the referee.
and mbappe looked like a shadow of the player that destroyed teams in the WC in 2018. Looked like he pretended to be hurt when he fluffed a chance, and very telling that there were defenders taking penalties before he did.
Switzerland played for the whole 120 mins, and deserved to go through.
bet Spain v Switzerland finishes 0-0 now… 😁