The Football Thread.

rze99

Completely ridiculous penalty decision. That was a 50 50

Schnozz

Stonewall penalty 

Lestratcaster

I don't think that was a penalty but not complaining here, game on.

mikeyrob73

Never a penalty 

Emp_Fab

How the hell was that a penalty?

...and why is Rab C Nesbitt on the commentary team on ITV ?

tony99

mikeyrob73 said:

Never a penalty 

very soft like. Dutchies got bumped there

theatreanchor

England lucky to get that pen. 

rze99

But an exciting game. Let’s celebrate that!

theatreanchor

@rze99 Concur. 

Emp_Fab

That would have been immense if Foden's shot had gone in!

scrumhalf

England tonight have almost nothing on common with the England we've seen so far in this tournament.

Could it be that Southgate knew what he was doing all along?

guitars4you

Agree - never a penalty- if that was given against us you’d be peed off

scrumhalf

The ref keeps getting in the bloody way.

theatreanchor

scrumhalf said:

England tonight have almost nothing on common with the England we've seen so far in this tournament.

Could it be that Southgate knew what he was doing all along?

I don’t think so, but they seem a very different team tonight. 

guitars4you

Best first half by England so far

tony99

guitars4you said:

Best first half by England so far

It is but they need to put the chances away

theatreanchor

England seemed to scare the Netherlands enough to push them back into defending over the open play they began with. 

scrumhalf

For all the improvement it's still 1-1.

Rocker

Much admiration for you guys who deemed the penalty dubious at best. Hopefully the game will end after 90 minutes. 

TJT1979

For context, here in Argentina the local commentators all agreed it was a penalty.