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It's very out of character for Lingard, because he's a very confident player and more often than not delivers. He is one of United's best big game players and I don't think the occasion phases him. He might be shite at penalties though, he's not the best finisher. There is no excuse for Vardy if...

Colombia were my favourite side in the last World Cup and I really like this iteration of the England squad (and manager), so I was pretty ambivalent going into the game with who to root for. I probably slightly favoured England, but by the end of the game I was pumping my fist in the air for...

Sorry England fans, this has a frustrating draw and penalties written all over it. Prepare yourself for agony. I'd fancy England to beat Croatia or Russia in 90 minutes, but not Sweden. Hope you get over the hurdle, I like this squad.

Jesus Christ, classic England. Feel awful for you guys, this is one of the least deserving teams I've seen stay in a tournament. Hope Vardy scores a winner. Trippier should have done better, hard pill to swallow.

As a neutral, Colombia are really pissing me off. Cheating bastards. Would be surprised if one of them doesn't see red before the end of the game. They know VAR exists, right?

Also, wasn't a red.

Colombia desperate to get Sterling sent off, they have been planning this all week. Hope he doesn't rise to the tactics, don't think I could bear more racially tinged scapegoating of him tbh.

Hugh is coming for you.

Neymar is very good at freekicks, but you're right, I think that Coutinho is slightly better. I imagine it's just star power and feeling like you have extra responsibility, people still view him as the captain and leader of this team, for better or worse. Messi and Ronaldo have been guilty of it...

I decided to resist the urge. :lol:

Absolutely suicidal defending from Japan at the end, held the ball for three and a half of the four minutes of injury time and commit everyone forward for the corner. Superb break, but absolutely moronic from Japan.

With all of the hope on the other side of the draw, Brazil are still going to win the World Cup.

Pretty poor game, thought Croatia edged it and would have won it only for one of the most cynical tackles you'll ever see. A pure Suarez vs Ghana moment. I haven't been that impressed by Croatia overall though, they scraped past this side and were most impressive against a very poor Argentina...

Yeah, you're probably right, I had to refresh my memory of that world cup. I don't remember it being as blatant as what I've just read. Though I would not be surprised if Russia get similar favouritism in the next round. There was no way that VAR team was going to give a penalty against Russia...

I'm Irish mate. Just think Southgate's tactics for getting the 'easier' side of the draw are looking pretttttty prettttttty pretty good right now.

And ignashevich could probably have picked up two yellows four or five times in the game for persistent cynical fouling. It's not outright corruption, but like South Korea in 2002, they've been treated very kindly. And yeah, France vs Denmark was a worse game, but this was a dreadful slog...

Contender for worst game of the World Cup and Russia had some dodgy, dodgy decisions go their way, but glad to see Spain out. New blood in the World Cup final. Sir Gareth is a genius.

Denial is a funny thing. Qualitative and quantitative evidence don't mean anything apparently. Your bias is evident by singling out only Pogba from the French team despite him clearly not being their worst performer and everyone else believing he was one of their best...

The player ratings from the public have him as one of the top performers in the game too. You're on your own mate.

You are talking out of your arse, he controlled the game. Held possession superbly at the right times, drove forward effectively with the ball, created a bunch of chances. BBC even commented after the game how good he was. You don't have to criticise him because he plays for United, he was...