The Amazing Dale Watkins

The argument amounts to results trumping everything else, but if you look at how the results were achieved, they cannot reasonably be replicated using the tactics employed. England would have been rightfully eliminated by Slovakia in the round of 16 had it not been for a dramatic stoppage-time bicycle kick, a moment of individual brilliance. That moment doesn't vindicate Southgate in any way. If you were to replay the last ten minutes of that game, 98 out of a hundred times, England would now be home, and Gareth would be sacked. The criticism isn't that England isn't playing beautifully enough; it's that they don't play in a way that's likely to succeed. Just because they miraculously made it through to the semi-finals isn't a vindication but a further reminder of how much luck it took.

That had to be one of the shittiest goals of the tournament.

Unusually good penalties, to their credit.

And the loser is ... Football

Oh FFS. Please don't get into the semi finals, England. This has been painful to watch

A SHOT ON TARGET!!!

It makes sense when you're protecting a lead. It doesn't make sense when you're in a knockout game against an objectively weaker opponent.

Yes, they have been dire. Where's the Swiss team that dominated Italy?

Spoken like someone with really low expectations It's a dreadful game. Has there been a shot on target yet?

It's quite common in Sunday League football.

Head says England to bore the Swiss team to death and sneak a late winner, probably by the man of the tournament, Own Goal. Heart says Hopp Schwiiz!

True, but both teams missed sitters

Never thought I'd say that, but Dembele really should have taken the shot there instead of looking for Mbappe.

That's why they kept him on, but he can't even get it on goal

I thought it was an entertaining second half