England v Argentina

Haaland had nothing to say.

that is the maggie
thatcher hair do iinit
on mr co kane

Kane looks like a chutney ferret in that photo.

Shame we have no back up keeper ,he cannot give the defence confidence.Bang average .

England haven't been great.  Argentina have been worse.  England with a few injury issues according to SSN

4/5 fav to qualify eng a team whove been just been dominated in midfield  agait 2 bang average  team in mexico and norway for 85% of both games,both teams dodgey at the back but on recent evidence youve got to think argie will keep the ball better than both mexico and norway o eng midfield going to need to step up, mcalister playing well

'The hand of god' will be avenged

Jormans still angry at the Dutch after wasting over 2 years in a game of hide and seek.

I'm waiting to see who will ref this game, moreover, what country they're from.

take the goggles off. High tempo?!

The key thing for me is the fitness of the English players.  England have come from behind twice and were down to 10 men at altitude.  Argentina have done what was required.  Both despite not playing great have raised their games when it mattered.  England have faced the harder fixtures and I think Argentina won't have the legs against a top side, so I agree England are faves, as long as they have a close to fit starting eleven.  (a half fit Declan Rice is definitely a concern)  Mainoo must be showing nothing in training, if Tuchel prefers James in central midfield.  Don't fancy either in the final, but both countries have shown they can raise their game when it matters.

My book is showing a bigger green for Argentina but I'd gladly sacrifice a few shekels for England to qualify.

Saka has to start over Madueke, it was like playing with 10 men with Noni, needs to get technically better, ball control poor, delivery poor, crossing was poor.

Switzerland were a bit naive. Embolo was rightly sent off, but Argentina got away with a lot of pretty bad fouls and a lot of play acting earlier on. FIFA seem to want Argentina in the final for whatever reason. Egypt were robbed and Switzerland didn't get much from the officials either. This is what England will be up against on Wednesday, they will get nothing from the Officials, and they are going to have to take it out of their hands. That means being streetwise and savvy, but not descending to Argentina's level. Switzerland tried that and ended up a man down. England will have to be very careful, they need to outplay Argentina without falling foul of the kind of dark arts and incompetent refereeing that almost cost France against Paraguay. It's a tough ask playing against Messi and co as well as the ref and VAR, but the likes of Anderson and Kane will need to restrain themselves, because any hard tackle by Anderson or dive by Kane or Gordon will be pounced on by the kind of inept and possibly corrupt Officials we've seen so far in the Tournament.

Madueke shouldn’t be anywhere near an England squad, never mind starting a game!

Surprised no one has mentioned the playing of "life is life" during the water break in Swiss game, clearly a Diego song and hardly neutral behaviour.very Odd imo.

We’ve had a couple of great games and a few underwhelming ones. Must be rare to have two players scoring six goals each though. Surly more to come too.

Lineker won his Golden Boot with six goals.

5/6 both teams to score, was 10/11 yesterday, definitely value in that price, would of expected to be 4/6