England v Denmark

[Flashheart]

The more I see the penalty, the more I think the ref got it right.

[Bogus Dave]

It was blatant. Not so much the defender clipping his heels, but the midfielder coming in late and bundling him over. I’m genuinely confused by the conversation around it

That game was the exact mirror of the Croatia semi final, only we were Croatia. Denmark played well first half, and deserved to be in front. But from 55 minutes onwards we dominated and comfortably deserved to win

[Legends-Lounge]

It was blatant. Not so much the defender clipping his heels, but the midfielder coming in late and bundling him over. I’m genuinely confused by the conversation around it

That game was the exact mirror of the Croatia semi final, only we were Croatia. Denmark played well first half, and deserved to be in front. But from 55 minutes onwards we dominated and comfortably deserved to win

Fundamentally agree.

[Legends-Lounge]

It was blatant. Not so much the defender clipping his heels, but the midfielder coming in late and bundling him over. I’m genuinely confused by the conversation around it

That game was the exact mirror of the Croatia semi final, only we were Croatia. Denmark played well first half, and deserved to be in front. But from 55 minutes onwards we dominated and comfortably deserved to win

The only stats that ever matter are goals, period.

[Stef Troll]

Fundamentally agree.

I thought Sterling went down very easy. If England conceded a penalty like that then there would be uproar.

I think VAR has been used very well in this tournament. However for a game of this magnitude I think the referee should have been asked to look at a replay of the situation. If he still thinks it’s a penalty then fair enough but I think he would have changed his mind.

[Flashheart]

Whether or not the player goes down easily does not make a difference to whether or not it was a penalty.

And I'm not sure he did go down too easily anyway. There was contact from one side and was then basically pushed from the other side. There's no way he could be expected to stay on his feet after the second contact. I think too much attention is being paid to the first contact, with people forgetting the other guy just ran right into him.

[Hunk]

He was clipped by the first guy and bumped by the second. It was a staggered sandwich. Pretty clearly a penalty to my eyes

[4D]

The ref was closer than any of us. Also think Kane should have had a pen earlier. Bollocks to the doubters 

[BambooToTheFuture]

Never had a staggered sandwich. Had a scabbard sandwich. Very tasty

Fuckkkkkkinnggg hell lads, most of us have never been alive or old enough to see/watch England in a final of a major tournament!

Still buzzing. Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz.

Also loved Gary Neville's metaphor for a good human in Gareth Southgate 

Fuck. It is only sport but it hasn't sunk in properly yet. It's nice to be alive to be part of some positive history. Let's hope England can go one step further. All about taking your chances and England have been very good at that.

Such an efficient machine, which is not even the finished article. Several lads who have barely been adults yet play with the intelligence and maturity of a top level seasoned pro with 10-15 seasons under their belt. Saka, Sancho, Mount, Foden, Bellingham, Trent Alexander-Arnold...if they continue at the same rate, these players are going to become absolute myths in the English game in say 5years (2026 World Cup), the oldest of that bunch would only be 25. Add to it that Sterling, Shaw, Phillips and Kane (31, 30, 30 & 32 respectively in 5 years) will still be knocking around, so there is not only a decent core in the set up but one that could and should sustain good tournament success (semi finals or better) at International level for a little while yet.

The final is the correct match up of two good teams. Both rejuvenated but in totally different ways. It is the right final that even the neutrals deserve.

Final thought, that ball retention and game management for England in the last three mins of ET was the kind of stuff we've seen Brazil & Germany do in the past. Denmark just could not get the ball. It took a passing error in the end for them to get it back. I stopped counting after 39 passes. I'm sure someone will tell me how many it was.

[Arriba]

It was never a penalty and we'd be sick as dog's if it had been given against us but who cares. That's football. Nice to get the rub of the green. Stirling was phenomenal again I thought.

[DiV]

I’ve only watched each one once and the latter on my phone whilst working

I thought the one on Kane looked like more of penalty than the Sterling one.
We’d have probably had been in the lead if Denmark has literally any other keeper in the world in goal. Schmeichel was a class above.

[Nemo]

Yep, Sterling tremendous - the stamina of the guy to still be breaking forward in extra time was remarkable. I'd be steaming mad if the penalty went the other way, but think there was at least one stronger penalty shout not given and we were by far the better team from 1-1 onwards.

Kane excellent, Walker excellent, everyone pretty good except perhaps the CMs in the first half - but Phillips turned it round. He's been the revelation of the tournament for me, there's no way he starts the tournament if Henderson is fit but he's made himself a key part of this team.

Just bloody delighted. I think we'll probably start as outsiders on Sunday and I'm a bit concerned that Italy feel like the perfectly set up team against us, but four or five days of buildup should get any sense of perspective thoroughly out of the way.

[Sippo]

Never a penalty in my opinion. Harsh on the Danes.

[Shrivvy Road]

There was the same amount of contact on Sterling than there was from mount on that shit free kick that led to their goal. Fuck em

[swindonmaniac]

I think we'll probably start as outsiders on Sunday.

Afraid not,  England favourites, varying prices at just under 2-1  Italy at just over 2-1.