MY TAKE ON THE ENGLAND VS FRANCE GAME.

 there were two q/f yesterday . england played france in the last q/f of the world cup . to be honest after watching england i think these players deserve especially saka,kane,rice and belligham deserve better . they need to be better coached . england started the game with 4-3-3 formation while france started with 4-5-1 formation but i would call it 4-4-2 because mbappe wouldnt come deep to defend so it had to be 4-4-2 . to be honest the game went different that what i expected . england started the game with the team dominating possession while france choose to sit back and play on the counter attack. 

england even though were dominating possession they were pretty cautious about mbappe's threat so they had walker playing very conservatively and not getting too high on the pitch and getting caught on the wrong side of the ball with mbappe and also henderson was instructed to help walker in dealing with mbappe . i had been reading papers and reading news by several so called pundits that this player was good and this players made the difference . to be honest from my point of view kane was the best player . england started dominating when the game was played around him or he was at the centre of the move . if you had seen games then you must had seen that kane coming inside and then releasing players beyond him made all the difference . just look at the games between iran and senegal . kane came inside and the opposition's organisation got disturb . this allowed bellingham and henderson to bomb beyond him . if you see kane even in this game then i think that he was very good . 

now the game . england started as a dominating team and france were happy sit back and hit on the counter attack . france like team tom close them down. they have got excellent players who are good in one on one situations and can wriggle out of the press and open opposition. whenever england tried to close them down you could see england were not doing with full steam because they dont want to caught exposed . for me when england had the ball they were a bit too much distance between players . they could had played some what compact but it was understandable because they couldnt play the high line for the fear of mbappe's pace . the other thing that made it not possible was that france too played a deep line. so they stretched the game and they could offord that because they had mbappe upfront who can open up any opposition . england played some good football . the passing was excellent and you can see the difference it makes to play under good coaches . the movement by henderson and saka . the turn by kane is nothing but resultant of good coaching to them on the club level.    you cannot prevent strikes like the one by aurelin took for france first goal . when england equalized i think that france stepped a gear. england should had just weathered out next 10 min but they couldnot and i think that this is where southgate's managerial skill will have to be questioned . all and all i think england had a chance but lack of coaching and big game mentality got to them.

today argentina is playing croatia . if croatia wants to be in final of the world cup then i think that they have to just cross the ball in the box that is the plan A. for argentina i think they should go for paredes in the middle and let enzo henandez play a little upfront in place of mccalister or mccalister and him can switch positions.