Football

I think Denmark played really quite well and forced a tempo that another team hasn't managed against England up until that point - pressing high and hard in a way that England had done against other teams. That said, it certainly took its physical toll as, especially with 10 men at the end, they looked out on their feet.

I actually thought Phillips was relatively ineffective last night - he made one decent snapping interception but I'm sure I counted at least 5 times he was pulled out of position and bypassed completely often being just half a yard too early or late which I thought was poignant and clearly meant either he was targeted or just wasn't quite on his game. I was concerned with the number of times Denmark were able to play 30-40 yard central passes from their edge of the centre circle type area straight through the England midfield to start attacks 35 yards out - they seemed to constantly win the second/third/pinball exchanges too. Re: the 'pen'. Sterling was bumped by the second defender which probably stopped a clear and obvious mistake but yes it was soft; that said, in the prem the Kane one would've been given I suspect. Never seen England in a major final so very much looking forward to it and there's no question, as good as Bonucci and Chiellini are, they will not relish being one-on-one with Sterling Sako, Sancho etc; England definitely need to afford less general space in the middle third mind - we've seemed often to have defensive players in the first third, attacking players up top and not much in the middle.