England had no answer and Croatia controlled the game and was the stronger team.
9 of 12 of England's goals came on set pieces this entire tournament - so they will need to learn how to score in a live and open play situation if they ever expect to climb further into the elimination brackets. Good news is they are a young and strong team that will learn from this experience.
It was odd to me the only highlights of "England's performance" on TSN and other news channels is replaying the offside Harry Kane attempt at the post ......... case in point I guess - they threatened Croatia a total of zero times in open play.
Croatia was all over them in open play and it could have been a far worse result for the Lions.
Croatia was my dark horse pick from before this world cup started (in this thread as well) .... so knew they would/could be dangerous for any opponent in the tournament.
France is the overwhelming favourite for Sunday. Will be a great game.
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