Luis Enrique will be sacked after this. He is not popular with the Real Madrid sporting establishment and they will force him out. The winner of England/France now has a semi which they would be the favourite. (Even against Portugal.)
Oh my, someone from our forum is going to be happy to go out playing like that though rather than playing ugly and getting through
Im not sure we would be favourites against Portugal if that was to happen. They are a very good side.
Personally I think we would be just because of the momentum we’d have and our recent runs in tournaments. Player for player both sides have strengths and weaknesses.
Spain deservingly knocked out, after losing to Japan on purpose in the group stage. Out of fear of facing Brazil in the quarter final ...
On the bright side for Spain one of those young Barca players that came off the bench will be winning the next Golden Boy award.
It might be Gavi again next year. Balde is a defender and defenders don’t win awards that much. The others are older than Bellingham.
I wasn't joking. Spain would be so good if they had a Villa level striker. Morata is competent, but already 30ish and inconsistent.
There must be someone in La Liga they could try out even if only for a tournament or so? No-one would have expected Callum Wilson to be in the squad this time in 2018.
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