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England deserved that

It's been 8 games since Wahid Regragui took over on the last day of August

Since then they've faced Chile, Croatia, Belgium, Spain and Portugal, and they're yet to concede from an opposition player, with the own goal against Canada the only goal they've conceded.

Now they're in the world cup semis for the first time ever.

Beyond insane.

PDPGuy:
Walid Regragui becomes the FIRST African coach to qualify a team to the World Cup semis!!!

Morocco all the way!! They fought like warriors!!

This man was appointed in AUGUST!! WTF!!

Yessssssssss

Brozo-Luka-Kova is one of the most technically gifted midfield trios in the world, whether at club or international level.

Tite did not think this one through. Let's see if he will adapt or persist.

Wow...they share the same birthday

Happy birthday to King James and Razza

Walid Regragui.

Won the CAF CL and Morrocan Botola Pro with Wydad Casablanca in May and June.

Was appointed coach of Morroco in August - The team has yet to lose a game under him.

Led them to their first ever WC Quarter finals, beating the likes of Belgium and Spain along the way.

Plus he also recalled Ziyech to the NT, a decision which is paying off.

Massive impact in such a short time.

WE FVCKING DID IT!!!

See football...or should I say, futbol

That assist from Young blood Silva

Sharp sharp hotel

Hendo don put me inside mud

Henderson again

Mbappe with a goal and assist. Shouldn't take anything away from how well Cash has performed against him though.

What a lovely finish

Karting don become all time top scorer

Giroudinho, France's all time top scorer

Ibime:
If your forward press is half-hearted, you press from a lower block, not pressing half heartedly in opponents box

If they try that shit against World Class teams, giving 2/3rd of the pitch to opponents to pick through their back 7, they will pay

I won't lie, I wasn't exactly comfortable with the space between their attackers and the midfield. Hopefully Scaloni would address it before the next game.

Ibime:
Argentina forward line is too easy to play through, even those wack Aussie defenders were constantly breaking their press

Netherlands for the win

World Cups most memorable matches are usually Netherlands Vs Argentina or Netherlands Vs Brazil. This should be another classic

Their forward line press is usually half hearted, I think it's tactical, though they do turn it up a couple notches at times and force their opponents. Their middle/defensive third is where they do their work off the ball; they either win the ball in a crowded middle when you try to play through, or force you to go wide and try to put balls in the box, and they're good at shutting down crosses before they come or clearing them when they do come.

The defense is actually good, height is the major concern. As fancy as Australia looked at times, they never really caused great concern for most of the game save for that mazy Behich dribble. Twas late on that they began to cause serious problems, and Argentina themselves could've had four in that period.

See as Otamendi stand at attention

Explain in not more that 100 words

Joezinho:
Against Australia?

Go and sleep, tonight is not the night

Ibime:
Lautaro is just a weaker and slower Tevez

I don't understand the rubbish he's been doing in the Mundial. Alvarez all the way jare

Messi rolled back the years today, as he's done a lot this season. Amazing performance.

Lautaro will continue to remain on the bench. Messi created two big chances for him alone, but he wasted both, as well as other good opportunities. Alvarez surely starts in the QF

Not the most convincing display but to be fair, Australia didn't have much of a sniff till the closing stages.

Netherlands will be a bigger challenge, but I'm confident.

Whoever teaches keepers to play out from the back, should also teach them that it's okay to fvcking clear the ball.

Pulisic assist

By the way, yesterday marked the one year anniversary of this iconic post

Havertz10 was right about Havertz that he is a generational talent. At his age now don’t expect consistency but CFC paid for a real talent. I just pray injury don’t plague his career. He si intelligent with or without the ball, slickly in his play and above all he is mentally strong with cold face. He shouldn’t be played anywhere else for now except false 9. That guy is better than lukaku and Werner football wise, they only got power and agility respectively, more than him. Lukaku is looking like a waste of money already seeing his body size and age with average technique i don’t see him staying here for two seasons while Werner will be gone during the summer so as to get Chiesa or any quality baller. Warner body and legs are faster than his brain.
I pray Conte do at least ok for Tottenham so that he can bid for lukaku and then the club make exchange for Kane for short term. Tuchel love technical players with smart move with or without the ball. And also, Havertz is a big game player.

BlueMann:
Our women are on a rampage

5-0 at halftime against Leicester

Guro Reiten has a goal and four (!) assists

Our women are on a rampage

5-0 at halftime against Leicester

FBS:
make una dey read the rules na boss.

Max 2 players.

Oya remove Pulisic

Could've been a different story if Dest had hit the shot clean after the fantastic dribble.