The Final: Spain vs England live from the Olympiastadion, Berlin. BBC1 AND ITV1. Sunday 8pm

[Pukey]

Quality bit of reffing that 

[m_fenton]

Just now, DJ said:

Oh, now it is a yellow card offense if you kick somebody who is blocking. Very interesting. 

I mean, if you (accidentally) stamp into their midriff then yes?

[Coulthard's Jaw]

This is quite a messy game

[JJ72]

Shaw best player on the pitch so far

[Goldy]

Geez, another crap French ref, he just given Kane a yellow but not Fabian, for exactly the same thing

[Coulthard's Jaw]

[TalkSport]

That should be a pen in truth. Not even looking at the ball.

[Heartwork]

Yamal fully in Shaw's pocket so far

[EnterUsernameHere]

Terrible game so far.

[DJ]

Just now, TalkSport said:

That should be a pen in truth. Not even looking at the ball.

Rice is allowed to. Did exactly the same to Aké. Twice. 

[Astafjevs]

Just now, TalkSport said:

That should be a pen in truth. Not even looking at the ball.

Laporte collapsed. Not enough of a hold there to warrant a pen. If it goes on a couple of seconds longer then yeh maybe Spain have a point. 

[JJ72]

Just now, Astafjevs said:

Laporte collapsed. Not enough of a hold there to warrant a pen. If it goes on a couple of seconds longer then yeh maybe Spain have a point. 

Rice was trying to hold him up. He's obviously got a problem with his legs to collapse like that

[Haguey]

Messier the game the better for England really

[JJ72]

We are so defensive right now

[m_fenton]

Bellingham loves an imagined foul doesn't he?

[Heartwork]

Good thing Spain can't cross

[Smaldini]

Rodri getting nutmegged 

[Heartwork]

1 minute ago, m_fenton said:

Bellingham loves an imagined foul doesn't he?

He's won I think all of his aerial challenges so far, but we haven't really utilised that to its fullest.

[arenaross]

Bellingham winning a header and Kane still lumbering forward from his own half is a problem.

[Andrew_]

Stones more of an attacking threat than Kane.

[Icy]

If Spain wins Rodri should be man of the tournament.

[Heartwork]

Just now, arenaross said:

Bellingham winning a header and Kane still lumbering forward from his own half is a problem.

Yeah having someone up there that can get onto all these knock downs that Bellingham is providing could do some real damage. At the moment Bellingham is having to chase them himself.

[JJ72]

Why is foden our striker? 

[TalkSport]

Christ, that throw sums up the half. No-one showing for the ball, lose it instantly. Good job it’s 0-0 at HR so we can reset as this isn’t good.

[Craigus89]

Harry is far too deep as usual, needs to be 5-10 up to create more space for the midfield. Same problems all the time.

[Heartwork]

That Mainoo ball that didn't work out is emblematic of the way Kane is out of sync with the rest of the England attack. Not because of the pass failing, but because while everyone else immediately reacted and started chasing back, Kane stopped and threw his arms up.

[CFuller]

Stones really has been excellent tonight. One of England's best performers at this tournament, in my opinion.

[Baptista_8]

Plenty of room for improvement but it's not been that bad a half. Spain created nothing.

[JJ72]

Kane is soooo slow

[Darius1998]

Carvajal you clown.

[Heartwork]

Just now, CFuller said:

Stones really has been excellent tonight. One of England's best performers at this tournament, in my opinion.

Considering all the talk about how our defence is our weak point, it's been the CBs that have shone. Guéhi, Stones and Konsa all been great.

[Wavelberry]

Kane just not sharp enough so Spain easy on the block.

[m_fenton]

How no yellow for Williams there? Deliberate foul without even pretending to go for the ball.

[GunmaN1905]

First shot on target!

[Redshift]

Oooh jeez

[outlander]

Kane is swinging his leg as much as he can post shot now  

The refs made such a poor precedent last game. Next time he connects with this post shot swing, they have to give a penalty again for conistency.

[Jisntdaman]

I think we've played this really well so far tbh. 

[DJ]

A shot at goal!

[Wavelberry]

I'll take that first half every day of the week.

[Redshift]

Well, quite a battle but to be expected.

[GunmaN1905]

Just now, outlander said:

Kane is swinging his leg as much as he can post shot now  

The refs made such a poor precedent last game. Next time he connects with this post shot swing, they have to give a penalty again for conistency.

Reminds me of basketball and show they started calling offensive fouls on shooters kicking their legs out too far.

[JJ72]

Watkins for kane and we win this

[Coulthard's Jaw]

Gone better than we expected?

[CFuller]

0-0 HT.

Spain perhaps the better team, but neither team has really come close to scoring. England certainly won't while Kane insists on turning this formation into a 3-5-2-0.

[silentwars]

4 minutes ago, Baptista_8 said:

Plenty of room for improvement but it's not been that bad a half. Spain created nothing.

Russell Martin would be proud 

[DJ]

Oof. Quite a bad match. Typical final. 

[Haguey]

Will take that, Spain much brighter for the first 10-15 minutes without doing much but the game got scrappy and England came into it

[TalkSport]

4 minutes ago, Baptista_8 said:

Plenty of room for improvement but it's not been that bad a half. Spain created nothing.

Not created anything clear (thanks to Morata terrible pass) but it’s not sustainable conceding this possession and needing to travel 70 yards for an attack. Loads of crosses by Spain which have been bad. We’ve had like one cross.

Edited July 14 by TalkSport

[aiston]

Bellingham and Kane offering nothing.

Shaw's been fantastic.

[EnterUsernameHere]

2 minutes ago, Wavelberry said:

I'll take that first half every day of the week.

Definitely haven't but Spain haven't been good either.

Edit: quoted the wrong post...

Edited July 14 by EnterUsernameHere