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For every cloud...

The second video showing Barco running onto the pitch to celebrate the goal in front of the England players makes him look like the twat. He looks like some d**khead schoolboy interrupting a grown-up's match. A clip round the ear is what he deserved. They're such an unlikable team. I hope they get destroyed by the Spanish.

Tuchel southgated us out of the tournament. At least Roberto Martinez is available.

I just want to see Tuchel's and Bellingham's post match interviews. What a sh*t and cowardly way to go out.

This is a win-win for me. If we win, then great, we're in a WC final. If we lose, then I can go back to being cynical about the World Cup, FIFA, Infantino, etc.

So England will meet France in the third place playoff.

Oh happy days.... I'm just going to keep telling myself that this is a ploy contived between Alonso and the SDs/agents to drive Fernandez's value up.

I'm going to be pedantic towards Romano here - I must have missed where Alonso confirms anything. "Hopefully" doesn't indicate anything with certainty, and "best possible way for everyone" is deliberately vague and could be interpretated in different ways... Garnacho encased in concrete and dumped in the sea would be the best possible way for me, but I don't really care as long as we get a left winger better than him and Gittens. Just Romano grifting his grift. I guess "Alonso hints that Garnacho could leave Chelsea at some point" wouldn't get the clicks.

I didn't even notice the mistake. I know it's well-regarded and has a kind of cult status, it's just one of many popular "essential" films I've never sat down to watch. I'll get round to it eventually...

Right, I've not seen the film, but that does seem more likely.

Well said, Franco. I was trying to figure out what the writing says on his tie and I think it's "On Mission from God". I wouldn't have had him down for the religious type, but you never know. Bates was the first Chelsea Chairman I can remember, and that late 90s period just before he sold up to RA, with Hoddle/Gullit/Vialli as managers and Zola, Vialli, Di Matteo (and Gullit, for a bit), etc. on the pitch, is still my favourite period as as Chelsea fan, even more so than the Mourinho years, despite not winning much (except for the FA cup in '97, which was the first major trophy we won in my lifetime, so will always have a special status to me).

Strand Larson equaliser incoming.

Madueke off, England back up to 11 men.

Jooood!

Hmm, I'm dubious... 50m Euros (~£42.5m) seems overly optimistic for a player we've apparently just bomb-squaded. Also, it's weird to value him at slightly more than we bought him for after he's spent a year stinking the place up. (I cropped off his gormless face - you're welcome)