Billy69_uk
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Luke Shaw's early goal (whilst fully deserved and fantastically taken) threw the Italy team off its game plan in the first half, flattering the England performance.
Normal service resumed in the second half, and apart form a brief spell in extra time when Grealish came on, we were never really in the game.
Had we have converted one of the chances we had in the first half whilst Italy were a bit shell shocked, the result might have been different, and we might have been able to weather the 2nd half storm.
On the night, and across the whole tournament, the best team won i think.
Disappointment around losing on penalties aside, I have only hope for the future of this young England team and cant wait for next years world cup to get going. High hopes indeed, even though having the world cup in November and December just seems weird and wrong to me (about as weird and wrong as holding it in Qatar in the first place).
Normal service resumed in the second half, and apart form a brief spell in extra time when Grealish came on, we were never really in the game.
Had we have converted one of the chances we had in the first half whilst Italy were a bit shell shocked, the result might have been different, and we might have been able to weather the 2nd half storm.
On the night, and across the whole tournament, the best team won i think.
Disappointment around losing on penalties aside, I have only hope for the future of this young England team and cant wait for next years world cup to get going. High hopes indeed, even though having the world cup in November and December just seems weird and wrong to me (about as weird and wrong as holding it in Qatar in the first place).