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Originally Posted by Ross
So far I'm gonna have to say that no one is lighting it up.
Germany in the end won comfortably but their defence at times was shocking.
England are terrible, they can't finish teams off and they look a bit slow in midfield.
Spain are showing they can keep the ball away from the opposition as always but they lack a world class striker right now and it's showing
France won with a great goal from Payet but other than that they looked ordinary but a lot more to come from them.
Portugal are up tomorrow, I think this could be the game where the real tournament kicks off and see see a few goals.
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Pretty much agree with that. The only player to stand out so far is Payet, he was doing the unexpected.
Belgium had a good share of the game tonight, Italy won with an unexpected long ball. These will always fool defences trained to expect slow build ups.
England had the teams best goal scorer taking corners, something he is clearly crap at. Rooney kept playing the ball to wide players who did little. Most shots came from outside the box and through a packed defence so straight at the goalkeeper.
Spain just managed to beat a mundane Czech side. Italy beat Belgium by one out of the ordinary long ball. Can Ronaldo turn it on for an International competition or be swallowed up by a packed defence?