Ding ding ding. Shame. Shame. Shame. Ding ding ding. Shame. Shame. Shame. Ding ding ding. Shame. Shame. Shame. Ding ding ding. Shame. Shame. Shame.
It has not been a good week to be English. This was one of the most disappointing, lethargic, aimless performances I’ve ever seen from England. It was an embarrassment. Humiliating. A disgrace. I really hate being English right now.
Some other miscellaneous observations over the weekend
- The French national anthem – magnificent. The Italian national anthem – magnificent. The English national anthem – absolutely sucks. We need something so much better.
- With the exception of the only quality match-up between Italy and Spain, the watchability of the knockout matches so far has been awful. I think that is generally reflective of the new format of the tournament – with more undeserving teams having qualified and progressed, it has really diluted the quality. I hope it will get better.
- The refereeing has generally, and perhaps surprisingly, been quite good so far. Particularly compared to what I saw in the Copa America final yesterday, which had one of the worst refereeing displays I’ve ever seen.
- Everyone talks about the imbalance of the draw – with all the “big” teams in the bottom half. I don’t have any problems with that whatsoever. If you can’t win your group (see England and Spain), then that’s the consequence. Deal with it. But it does seem unfair that some group winners played a third-placed team, whilst others played a second-placed team – it makes the tournament setup seem flawed.
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