2021 Nations League Final Four

[FinBarcelonafan]

Good first half for Spain. I'd say they are playing bit better so far. Not by big margin but small.

 

[malvolio]

Seems France only plays watchable football when they are a goal down.

Always been like that under Deschamps. A negative, reactive manager.

 

[Gari]

Mbappe switched flanks because of Garcia. Does he want to come to Spain?

 

[messi2140]

They tend to sit back and wait for Mbappe counters.

Pretty much , only when they are a goal down do they play good football. If LE had some better forwards they would easily be a few goals up already.

 

[El Gato]

Handball, yay or nay?

If it's even a conversation it's defensible to not call it, then why bother thinking it might be pen worthy?

Drab match. France always coached in such an uninspired way. Deschamps needs to go.

 

[malvolio]

I'm starting to think Gavi could oust FDJ in our first 11.

We could cash out on the dutchman and use the money for midfielder more suited to our style or for a defender/attacker.

 

[JerseyAddict]

Pretty much , only when they are a goal down do they play good football. If LE had some better forwards they would easily be a few goals up already.

Boy they need one like Villa or Torres now... Hehe

 

[khaled_a_d]

Doubt they treat it as a glorified friendly.

If anything, the match looks like a Cup final.

Players are competitive and gives their all on the pitch, and friendlies between this type of teams tends to get competitive anyway, doesn't mean coaches won't experiment with it rather than use their best 11 all the time

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

It is a glorified friendly, he needs to experiment with those players

Based on the reaction in the France vs Belgium game, I doubt they think about friendly match. Looked very real.

 

[mc_lovin]

I'm starting to think Gavi could oust FDJ in our first 11.

We could cash out on the dutchman and use the money for midfielder more suited to our style or for a defender/attacker.

Nah, you just don't want to play with 2 teenagers in midfield. In 3-4 years - if everything goes right - I wouldn't mind.

 

[Bobo32]

Busquets very much brilliant defensively this game as well, stifling a lot of France attempts to break before they even arrive. Sort of a masterclass from the skelly captain tbh.

 

[serghei]

3/10 performance from Torres. Rarely seen a poorer output with so many actions.

 

[Bobo32]

Torres has been pretty shit, but he has some speed, and he at least fail while attempting breaking stuff most of the time.
Mbappe has looked worse to me today.

 

[serghei]

Totally right Pogba. Fucking hate when teammates don't show up for pass and allow somebody to be pressed in a bad position. So many teams are poor at this.

 

[utility73]

Spain is missing offensive outlets .. Oyarzabal and Sarabia not cutting it and Ferran also looking a bit off tonight.