France

FT

2 : 1

vs

HT 0 : 1

Germany

Cough A national team can't have different nationalities ... Ok i know what u meant, but they are all french, born in france. (but Umtiti) . Why in usa it doesn't matter when ppl are black there, they are seen as american. It's same in France, history did that .

This is a joke of a comment. Those black players you imply are more French than your players who claim to be Catalans and voice their opinions when they can. You know, the players who were on your golden squad who won you a World Cup but also played friendly games with the so-called Catalan national team...

You are just jealous or racist or both.

I am not catalan nor Spanish. I am Barca fan. Btw I don’t like when they make mix sports and politics. In US most blacks considered as American nationals because they are part of 400 year old history so they are well integrated and formed new culture, but these french players were just one or two generations older and if you see many choose to play for their parents nation than the birth place.. Americans means black or white caucsian whereas others all are immigrants even though they are born citizens..

What you just said is even sillier.

So where do you draw the line? 1 or 2 generations not ok but 3 is? The only requirement is that you are a citizen of that nation and have not played for other national teams before at that level and it makes perfect sense.
I mean what difference does it make if the players are black or Africans in general? Are you saying that Africans, and by your implication, black people are better athletes and its an unfair advantage?

What`s next? Switzerland returning their players to Albania? Germany stops playing players of Polish and Turkish descent? Why not the blacks too?

I wont even dignify your ignorance about American blacks being "considered" nationals. So the blacks in France should go through a trial century before they should play?

Unbelievable.

France really aren’t that good, they are not an attacking side and rely on their good defence. Then when openers are tired they will start attacking more, very boring to watch them, plus their last matches they have got lucky with set pieces, corners and penalties

Mate that's Deschamps' football and it's effective. It can't be luck when it works time and time again.

@joeyadidas 11 goals in 4 games in the WC knockout stage say otherwise.

They aren't way too good, think of the game against belgium. They weren't the side playing football, they were being beaten and for some reason the french are proud of having played park the bus during the world cup.

@DrRodro France had 19 attempts, Belgium had 9. Get over it. Belgium shamelessly parked the bus against Brazil but for that you turn a blind eye. I have never seen a more bitter fanbase than Belgium after that semi haha..makes it very sweet!

@DrRodro France had much more chances than Belgium. If it hadn't been for Courtois, they would have won by 3.

Everything you said correct except for back passes that belongs to one and only Barca. Possession and tiki taka outdated.

Possession and tiki taka aren't outdated at all. It just requires the right players with a higher level of physical, positional and technical sense to pull it off. Xavi and Iniesta weren't normal players. They were from another planet. Their work complemented by the likes of busquets, fantastic full backs and great forwards made tiki taka and possession based football effective. They literally made passing the ball into the goal a weekly thing. Possession based football fails when it isn't at the right temp and you lack killers in attack.

germany, was not that bad they could totally have scored 3 goals in first half. It was way better then vs NL. Good futur in front. Just trash in CB first time i see a german defense like this.

Tiki taka is great, if performed well. bayern passes seem unreasonable at times. Also movement without a ball is a bit shaky. As for this game in the first half, they should have scored but they didn't and that is a big problem. France looked a bit uninterested in the first 45, that was the reason for German dominance in my opinion.

almost like last years of Wenger's Arsenal, just boring passes all around without any creativity.

can't believe germany change their philosophy, remember when they beat england in 2010. fast counter

That’s the point. Tiki taka and possession football deployed based on players within the team. So it is common sense for coaches to adapt tactics that suit players they have than imposing tiki taka on them. This is why Barca and Bayern failing in big games.

di quale trippa stai parlando, pirla?

Stop swearing in Italian

who are you? The moral police?

Yeah let me report u

To be fair Germany's penalty was pretty dodgy as well (would've just hit Pogba in the head if his arm wasn't there) so it sort of balances out. But yeah not great refereeing on the night overall. VAR pls

what about that penalty for Germany, that wasn't a joke?

balances it out my ass. the ball hit his flailing arm. It hit him bang on on the arm in the penalty area.

You cannot have your arm in the air when you're sliding. If it is on the ground that is a different story.

I do have a rep for being blunt. But let me say this. If you truly in your mind and heart BELIEVE that the penalty given to Germany was not a penalty, then you're either blind or know absolutely nothing about football. That is 100 percent a penalty. A team struggling is 1-1 away to the world champions...a 1-1 would've given them a massive lift. Instead, a shambolic decision has completely ruined their entire 94 minutes of effort.

I must say it also annoys me when the offensive player is the one making the contact and then looking for a penalty just because there was a contact. It's a problem that needs VAR.

They had a point taken away, I had 94 minutes taken away as a spectator that I'll never get back. You're watching a game and then a decision likes that takes away all authenticity from the result. In this day and age of technology, this is no longer acceptable. Just horrible.

Hummels takes Matuidi's arm, causing him to lose his balance and trip on the German's foot. It's a harsh penalty, but so was the 1st one. The referee was severe but coherent.

'Hummels takes Matuidi's arm, causing him to lose his balance and trip on the German's foot.'

This sentence is the biggest pile of dung I've read all year.

vafe, talking like this to stranger.. tss italian bambino

Or maybe he just wanted France to lose. Well, not today.

Kimpembe*