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Excellent! Real community spirit.

I don't think so. I certainly didn't see them get off the coach.

Well that's it. France were not better than us but Giroud took his chance and Kane missed from the spot, and missed penalties usually cost you games.

Because Sterling might get a goal.

According to Peter Walton no red card as the foul didn't deny a goalscoring opportunity because Mount was never in control of the ball.

Rashford for Saka yes, but Rashford stays right. Foden can't play on the right hand side.

No Brazilian. Portuguese speaker. Decent tight game for me and I've no real complaints but it's being spoiled by the ITV coverage. What's his face really is the worst commentator in British football, and I use the term commentator with caution as really he witters and jabbers but rarely commentates. On top of that we've got the most miserable sod in Lee Dixon alongside him. We are still very much in the game though so let's hope we can turn it around second half.

That's hell of a hit. No complaints, it wasn't a foul on Saka for me.

All penalties are route one.

Well deserved win today. At the start of this season there were 3 championship grounds I hadn't seen City win on. Chalked off WBA and Rotherham so Luton here we come.

All penalties are route one.

Over the whole game the better side has gone through, but it was certainly interesting. The Dutch change of tactics worked to get them to extra time and penalties but, as John Beck found out, route one football can only take you so far.

Supporters are no doubt doing their nuts.

Since First Bus took over the running of buses in Bristol they have rarely run buses on Boxing Day. While it is, inconvenient for us who follow sport I can't begrudge bus drivers spending time with their families over Christmas. Years ago I walked from Filton to the Gate but that would be a no go now. In any event I will be spending Christmas in Melksham so will miss the game. Do City have space for 10,000 plus VOI scooters?

So what! Rotherham is in South Yorkshire. As long as the referee is not known to be a supporter of our opponents I don't care where they come from.

So he can claim his appearance money? I'm sure photo ops must be written into the TV coverage contract somewhere.

So Spain are out and Morocco advance. Good for the Morrocans but I didn't want either side to through. Whilst the ITV crew looked to big up the game I was bored. Spain spent almost the entire game passing the ball around in front of the Morrocans, with few attempts and even less success to get behind their defence, whilst Morocco made few attempts to score at all. During the game I was praying for Spain to score so that Morocco would have to get forward but sadly there was never any chance of a football match breaking out.

Itv are having their Bellingham and Mbappe love in at the moment ahead of the QF clash. They are certainly skilful and may well be wonderful humans but apparently so is every young player on the planet right now. Every single one is wonderful, mature for their years, destined to be the best thing since sliced bread blah, blah, blah. Not one young player is an obnoxious, over-confident, big-headed tw*t.

Wee, after a poor opening 35 minutes we scored a good goal against the run of play and were in total control thereafter. Have to admit England have exceeded my expectations with Bellingham the stand out player. Will have to raise their game again now to beat the French.

Sounded like Ju Ju eee to me. That's the brizzle bit at the end.

Incredibly sad news. For many, especially those of a certain generation, he was and will remain the greatest player ever to have played the game. His star has always been in the acendency not just for his footballing talent but also for his modesty and especially his sportsmanship. Like a number of his generation such as Beckenbauer, Eusebio and our own Bobby Charlton a great ambassador for the sport we all Iove.

Saudia Arabia score so looks like the awful Poland will go through. Argentina should have won by a much bigger margin tonight. I can't help thinking watching Argentina that they play just like Barcelona did under Guardiola.

I'm glad the penalty was saved as it was a poor decision to award it, and even for the ref to be asked to review. I do hope however that Argentina can score first as it would hopefully change Poland's outlook to this game. For all his absolute brilliance, which is undeniable, penalties are Messi's weakness. He has missed a lot during his career and has openly admitted that he gets very nervous when taking them.

I see someone came up with a stat on England's TV performance at world cups. BBC 12 wins from 16 - 75% ITV 2 wins from 15 - 13% England v Senegal is on ITV. Glad I'm not superstitious.

Well done to England. I thought they'd struggle to get out of the group (I expected more from Iran) but they eased through. After a so so 1st half where Rashford missed a great chance and made 3 really sloppy passes, they improved much in the 2nd period. Had much to do with switching Rashford and Foden who for me plays much better coming in from the left (and the reason Grealish gets little game time). I know Rashford scored twice but MOTM for me was Bellingham. He really does help this England side tick. Senegal next which will be far from easy.