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No criticism implied of Saka.
Why not? He didn't have a particularly good game overall I thought, and while putting up with fouls is not to be expected, dealing with physical opponents is...
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Don't disagree but I'm sensitive to the scapegoating of England's black players. Deciding not to get blasted into the hoarding isn't necessarily a mistake!
I thought the England team played well in the final. Limped to penalties against an overrun midfield. Garry Manager's failure to have a plan B lost the final but I'm not sure if he has any ball playing pivot midfielders to go toe to toe with Verratti and Jorginho. In my opinion England are too slow to push the defensive line forward when in attack.
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On Saka and Chiellini... Saka declined a 50/50 with Chiellini about 5 minutes before the shirt pull. I think the pull was proper shithousery on a player that Big C had decided wasn't really up for the physical part of the game.
Edit to add in light of the racist nonsense. No criticism implied of Saka.