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Originally Posted by MarkC1984
Can't say I'm shocked we lost on penalties, but still think England did well to get to the Quarters. I saw loads of comments online when Hodgson was appointed saying we would be out at group stages, everyone was going to murder us. Yet I think that England did very well.
No shame in losing to Italy, hope they go on and win it now.
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Agree. Came up short but did better than I expected and the best team won last night. There was some terrific commitment in defence which was nice to see and - very different from the famous Germany game which saw our defence so badly exposed. So well done England on that score!
There certainly is a big problem holding onto the ball and giving away possession and this so often puts the team under pressure unnecessarily and leads to conceding goals. I have no idea why this is, do the likes of Spain, Portugal, Germany etc. get more time together at a national level? Is it some sort of collective psychological shortcoming? If England are ever going to progress further then they need to address this because IMHO it's their main problem and if the could sort it they'd not need to suffer the inevitable penalty shoot out agony. lol