I thought Spain got away with a lot of 'physical' challenges, especially first half when they were dominating, it's why they won most of the conditions balls imo.Nothing to see here I’d say. England deserved to win because they won. Banjos point exactly. But it’s a perspective thing. If you wanted Spain to win (I did for example) you’d be frustrated and would have observed that England got close to the line physically, without really crossing it. Roles reversed and evidently pundits bemoaning ‘throwing themselves to the ground’ would be bemoaning ‘boots left in and raking down the foot / ankle’. It’s the way it is. Very rarely coverage isn’t pretty much a parody and that was certainly the case in this game.
So I 100% agree with the last line. Disagree with the first part. Spain dominated because they were allowed to and they’re better technically. They missed chances, compounded that by bringing on a hopeless centre forward and then didn’t like getting booted around the park a bit. I suspect they’ll learn from that - but then it’s not always been the case with the Men’s team which maybe means it’s just not that easy.I thought Spain got away with a lot of 'physical' challenges, especially first half when they were dominating, it's why they won most of the conditions balls imo.
Whatever, the best team won, football is more than just pretty tactics and skill.