Saka was putting crosses and cutbacks all game with no one in the box to connect to it, then after Swiss scored he had enough and did a 'fine, I'll do it myself' with that screamer.
@@MolloyDadda247Luke This game was the first game where he was actually given an option to go inside. In all the previous games he's had about 3 guys marking him making sure he couldn't get on his left, that meant he had infinite space to slaughter them on the outside but not be able to get many touches in the box. It almost felt like Southgate realized the best way to get the best out of England is to get the best out of Saka. He put Foden on the right instead of the left to create an overload, pulling defenders away from him and giving him more options.
We are getting slightly slightly better, I think the Denmark or Slovenia game (forgotten which) where England were constantly losing the ball and unable to even make passes was the worst performance.
@7souls420 by the way most of you talk I can tell most of you aren't even English. After all the shootouts we've lost over the years you can have no idea how sweet this is. All a true England supporter (not fan) cares about is going through. Period.
@@DarrenskiAn England supporter wants us to win the tournament. To do this you’d think we need to play well at some point and not get by on luck. Because the luck will probably run out
@@ben10971 any team without luck will never win see France they have not scored single open goal still manage to come to France. Lucky is important factor without that winning tournament is not possible penalty is mostly lottery involved world champion ste decided based on that
Yeah, cause Rice was miles away scoring a stunner. Wait till it clicks. England have made the semis playing their worst. Wait till they do click. Or are you more impressed by big star Mbappe's zero goals, or Francé's 3 from 5 matches, none from open play, 2 OGs and a penalty. You impressed with that yet?
@@Darrenski Coming into the Euros it should be clicking.....Southgate had a lot of time and still wasn't sure how to play his team....yes France also had a terrible performance throughout but that doesn't take away from England's terrible run....they always rely on moments....r16 it was Bellingham and now it's saka.....your statement of "when it starts clicking" is very risky tactic considering if it doesn't then they're out
@@Darrenski so France have bern poor. My wife is a bitch but yours os worse so I ferl happy to be married to her. France haven't been nearlyvas bad as England in the football they have played over tournament to date either. 🙄
@@virupakshawalla5734 They have only scored from penalties and own goals in this tournament. England has crazy luck (in terms of performances) but I don't think any team has gotten to the semi final of a major knockout tournament just by scoring through own goals and penalties.
another reason why saka was better is because of foden. foden being a positional player occupied the half spaces which created more 1v1 for saka who's also a positional player and whenever foden got the ball who tried to play saka in behind. but with bellingham it was not possible as he doesn't stick to his position always drifting. so he couldn't combine well with saka and there was overload whenever saka had the ball as he was always alone.
The combinations on that side with Mainoo, Foden and Saka could really develop nicely. If they can balance the left (Trippier for Gordon/Shaw) and drop Kane they might actually start creating some more chances. I'd even prefer putting Bellingham through the middle instead of Kane.
Oh cut the crap. Foden is dogshit. Did nothing but sideway passes and lose the ball. Bellingham suffered because his position was taken over by Foden and Kane, those two kept dropping deep and occupied the central area, so he has to make the run those two refused to do every game. Saka didn't have that many 1v1 chances, he just did what a winger supposed to do, run at the defend and he did it splendidly. And did you see Fodens asking for the ball when Saka shot the equalising goal? The nerve..
6:10 "They still managed to find arrowing passes with the likes of Kane" FMS "I would've gotten away with it too if it wasn't for fourfourtwo and their video showing that Kane only had 9 successful passes the entire match!"
Not really switzerland would have finished the game well before ET, block saka and its over no creativity from anywhere even with that solid defense of laporte walker side rest are not in zone
You can see Southgate's influence on all of ENG's goals. He's totally not being saved by individual players doing their own thing, because the way the team is set up, from line up to formation to the way of play, can't create anything.
The change in formation left saka free a bit more ,to cross to no-one as kane was on his jollys 😂 so he took it on himself to score a screamer ,after all formation fell apart for us haha 😄
I'm going to laugh if England gets to the final (or wins) and all the YT tactical analysis channels for the Euro's when doing the tactical preview explaining how the teams got there are gonna be like "Yeah so France has gotten to the semi's by only scoring penalties or own goals, and I have to formally apologize to England for my video a week ago that is titled 'why England is so bad'". Whilst this is hilarious in my brain I hope Spain proves everyone right and win the tournament.
I also think that England can win the Euros playing like absolute crap because they have such individual quality players and because the entire level of this Euro cup was shit overall
England drags you into the mud and forces you to play their terrorist football. Not because of their own tactics, but because the other teams get confused as to how those world class players can play such boring witless football
Hallo Mr,I am Dennis from Nairobi Kenya, thanks for your content it has given me much knowledge of football.i have a request, kindly analyse Copa America semi final matches.
after I watched the two best teams (Germany-Spain) on Friday, the quality of this game was really bad-the opposite...England will be kicked out by Holland, that's sure...
@@jamesduffy7549 ok,surprise...congratulation...but sunday England will turn into a country of tears and darkness (mark my words)...sorry,but Spain is just a whole different league...
Thank you for this. Too many armchair managers (including myself) have been criticising Southgate but I think he got it absolutely spot on today. If Luke Shaw is fit for the Netherlands game I think England will win within 90 minutes.
I agree on the Shaw front, Trippier on the left just slowed the pace right down when he switched foot. Not only did it take away a lot of options, but it made us that bit more predictable. They knew not to worry about crosses from left wing and to expect back passes.
I love your videos, man. Do you think you could make a video about Ecuador's performance against Argentina. Interesting stat: this was the game where Messi had the last amount of touches of the ball for Argentina since 2011. Ecuador pressed incredibly well and looked very superior for the first 30 minutes. We created far more xG and clear chances.
Everyone's delusional. Lineker and Ferdinand on the Beeb thought we played like prime Brazil. We were crap. Three shots on target in 120 minutes is crap in anyone's book.
They didn't, we were bloody terrible. Southgate is just lucky.....luck has a habit of running out and against the Dutch....yeah, We're going home, we're going home etc etc.
Hi FMS. I wish there was a thread I could write on to reach out to you, but I guess this will have to do. For all the great football that's been played, you've been too quiet the last few days. Sincerely hope it's nothing serious and that you're doing fine. That being said, I think I speak for everyone when I say we'd love to see a breakdown of Spain's dominant performance and win over England in the Euro 2024 final. Oh, and be sure to use our favourite background music, I'm sure you know the one I'm referring to. Thanks in anticipation 🙏🏽❤️
Kane is the weakest link in this formation, he was 5 yards short for one of Sakas crosses into the box and was just jogging to it, he clearly isn’t fit and you need a quick striker to compliment this set up correctly.
When is Gareth gonna realize that Jude is not a 10/CAM, he is more an 8 or a 6. In the next game I say Luke and Anthony start on left hand side, then either Kyle/Kieran and Cole/Bukayo on the right handside, and I know Harry is Harry but would it kill to try out Ivan ot Ollie?
It was really frustrating to watch England play like that. That performance is not acceptable as per player's quality. I don't know when Southgate will realise this. Most of the times wingers were constantly isolated with no support when attacking. Players are not making runs in between to create space and free other players. Harry wasn't making runs for the crosses. What I noticed was, when England was attacking, outside the Switzerland box in central area there was no one. Compared to Switzerland, England press were shiit. Worked few times but it was shiit. Instead of passing and looking for options, knob heads were talking shots (which were blocked by defence). The fact that, they need to reach to shootout to win is embarrassing.
If Xhaka hadn‘t torn the muscle fibers of his adductors and would have been able to play long passes, things could have turned out worse for a still poor playing England. Good luck for the tournament.
#JB10 is overhyped by the media but for me he still needs improvement, the squad needs Grealish and Eze to start and they will be able to break the defense line of Netherlands
Southgate needs to start the game against Netherlands the same way he finished against Switzerland. Otherwise, it's over for England. Netherlands has great subs, so late subs for England will be nullified. England needs to exhaust Netherlands early then hold on.
I think he got a lot of slack for falling too deep in previous games, it didn't give many options once we had possession. That being said, even though he didn't fall back very much and so wasn't just running back and for this match, it still didn't feel like he was in the box when they needed him?
Just another last minute stroke of luck from a good player to rescue a poor manager, with a game that goes all the way to pens. Seriously lacking anything that looks like an attacking and fluid team. Poor management throughout and the players are out speaking to the media with the lines that keep a poor manager in a job. If this squad of players had an Ancelotti or Fuente in charge you'd see systems of play that used the players strengths in attack. It's been clear for years that Southgate is rescued by the players been good, not by his tactics.
Lol. Switzerland still dominated in those areas where it mattered. They created like 5 clear-cut Opportunities, whereas England Zero. Southgate is a Lucky Guy.. One game against a top team and he will be humiliated.
In this game Schair is definitely the to be blamed, instead of pumping crosses he went for unnecessary shots. Eze wasn't close to him defend in those situations. As for Akanji, tough luck but it was a badly taken penalty.
Spain is the only team left that can humiliate them. England is still great defensively, let's not forget. Switzerland scored because of a deflection. They had 3 chances max and they weren't all that effective. 😂
Sorry, but Saka should have really berated Kane for not making runs towards the ball etc. Yes, he IS a great scorer, but you can’t live on past performances. In this game, as in the other games, Kane is mostly waiting for the ball and hasn’t the necessary speed to make those runs you need to make at international level. Kanes not doing enough to dispel the rumour that he is cursed - that he’ll never win a trophy. Remember, the team won with him NOT on the pitch 🙄
I must of watched a different game as Englands goal in the 80th minute was their FIRST shot on target. This wasn't a better performance it was awful defensive football again. They only attacked briefly because the Swiss scored.
England still looks bad. It is a shame that a manager cannot find a solution to that given how many great players he has at his disposal. I dont think they can win against Netherlads/Spain playing like this. Ofc, we know that many teams have won Euros/Worlds playing like crap but relying on a couple of amazing players and so can do England (or France)
Agreed, they are definitely getting through based on the quality of the players finding moments to crack off lucky shots. Nothing to do with strategy, although I do agree it was an improvement on previous games (a low bar). I think that's why Southgate is reluctant to make subs, he needs to just pray someone pulls a rabbit out of a hat for him.
No he didn't. Same garbage, only slightly better. The law of averages more than anything. Saka has a few good moments, and about time, and now he's Lionel Messi. Switzerland are bog-standard, overhyped because they beat a diabolical Italy. No creativity in midfield and absolutely no threat up front, Kane offers nothing, the pyramids are more mobile while lively players rot on the bench. Why take them if he had no intention of playing them? Wrong squad choices and overrated players. Good heart though, no doubt about that and that's gone a long way.
