Tunisia 1 vs 2 England

[marutimon]

If I see an African team trying to out jump a European team for a jump ball one more time I'm going to bonkers.

STOP GIVING THESE TREES FREE SET PIECES AND CORNERS

Actually when it comes to Senegal... they will be the trees.

[theYemster]

So it's safe to assume Tunisia didn't learn how not to defend corner kicks from the Nigerians. That second England goal is exactly like the first goal Nigeria conceded except this time the attacker hit the target without the aid of a defender's leg deflecting it in.

Has one region ever had three teams concede injury time goals in the same world cup?

[Tunisian Gooner]

Unreal stupidity to give away the corner kick. As I said a few days ago overall CAF teams will never sniff the adults table as long we remain horrendous situationally. So easy vs CAF teams at WC, sit back, relax and just wait for us to implode.

[Coach]

It is the rubbish we admire in African players that breed this kind of useless idiots. A defender does something fanciful around the box in Africa he is hailed...in Europe the coach will take him off until he learns not to give him heart attack.

Kendrick Lamar - DNA.

[GREENWHITEGREEN]

Please dont give up a corner.

And you dash them an unnecessary and unforced corner.

We are cursed I tell ya.

what can I say! I don taya! kai! N-A-I-V-E!

Multiple options available to him and he chose the worst option.

Where do we leave our brains at times?

Uncle, the thing taya me. I have not eaten or slept well since saturday, and just 10 minutes ago, for the first time in 3 days, I had begun to smile. Only for that wicked wizard to decide he didnt want to win. I am tired. I no fit anymore.

You beta go eat. Since many of us came on to the site as young men in 1998, 20 years ago, wetin our eyes neva see.

[kalani JR]

How do you leave the best English striker alone in the box??

Kendrick Lamar - DNA.

They have mosquitoes in Russia to make Africans feel at home and each one of them have lost.

[oloye]

If I see an African team trying to out jump a European team for a jump ball one more time I'm going to bonkers.

STOP GIVING THESE TREES FREE SET PIECES AND CORNERS

A number of African players are poor aerially....some are even afraid to head the ball.

[Rogermilla]

SMH. Now Alexis Lalas is yarning opaks on Fox. Abeg make Senegal win their game tomorrow. I can't stand Fox and their clueless American analysts

[Coach]

@Tx, nno! How many numbers = strength (all going home first round?). It’s all on Senegal.

[marko]

Tunisians were punished for their negativity, England are a solid side, with Kane you always have a chance, bonifide finisher of the highest order

[oloye]

This issue of being poor at defending set pieces is just born out of laziness. Nothing more, sheer laziness. When defenders start to grab players I see laziness.

[GREENWHITEGREEN]

Unreal stupidity to give away the corner kick. As I said a few days ago overall CAF teams will never sniff the adults table as long we remain horrendous situationally. So easy vs CAF teams at WC, sit back, relax and just wait for us to implode.

There is a widely available blueprint to beating African sides -Silly fouls, headers, corner kicks, free-kicks,etc. Our own Naija team is so slow that you can actually predict their next two passes.

[The YeyeMan]

Well done England. I'm disappointed but they deserved it.

Again, I admire how they brought an urgency and desire to the game; unlike the warmed up crap we served vs Croatia.

Also, I notice how they got a message across from the bench to tell Pickford which way to dive for the penalty. He didn't save it but he got a touch to it. The point is they've done their homework and are organised on and off the pitch. We're way behind sadly.

[Tunisian Gooner]

So it's safe to assume Tunisia didn't learn how not to defend corner kicks from the Nigerians. That second England goal is exactly like the first goal Nigeria conceded except this time the attacker hit the target without the aid of a defender's leg deflecting it in.

Has one region ever had three teams concede injury time goals in the same world cup?

We don't do details, communication on the pitch is often lacking, can have 10 guys get it right but we always have 1 player asleep at the switch.

CAF teams at WC fail to grasp that margins between success and failure are finite.

What is Ben Amor doing messing around near the corner flag knowing how poor we were at dealing with set pieces?

Time and again total inability to win the 1st ball, we don't execute the basics with the consistency required to win games at the WC.

[ElHadary]

This issue of being poor at defending set pieces is just born out of laziness. Nothing more, sheer laziness. When defenders start to grab players I see laziness.

Exactly. Lack of concentration and effort. Most of them aren't even bothering to run with their man, just grab a hold of them however they can.

[ElHadary]

So it's safe to assume Tunisia didn't learn how not to defend corner kicks from the Nigerians. That second England goal is exactly like the first goal Nigeria conceded except this time the attacker hit the target without the aid of a defender's leg deflecting it in.

Has one region ever had three teams concede injury time goals in the same world cup?

We don't do details, communication on the pitch is often lacking, can have 10 guys get it right but we always have 1 player asleep at the switch.

CAF teams at WC fail to grasp that margins between success and failure are finite.

What is Ben Amor doing messing around near the corner flag knowing how poor we were at dealing with set pieces?

Time and again total inability to win the 1st ball, we don't execute the basics with the consistency required to win games at the WC.

If he's near the corner flag and he's trying to fight for a GK, fine, that's one thing. The fact he went from a safe area then dribbled it backwards and not forwards is what gets me.

This is common sense basic stuff.

[Coach]

If I see an African team trying to out jump a European team for a jump ball one more time I'm going to bonkers.

STOP GIVING THESE TREES FREE SET PIECES AND CORNERS

A number of African players are poor aerially....some are even afraid to head the ball.

The majority of them, in this generation, don’t want to get hurt...kitty cat’ols.

[GREENWHITEGREEN]

This issue of being poor at defending set pieces is just born out of laziness. Nothing more, sheer laziness. When defenders start to grab players I see laziness.

What about knowing when to jump at the right time or jumping as high as your opponent?

[Oguleftie]

So it's safe to assume Tunisia didn't learn how not to defend corner kicks from the Nigerians. That second England goal is exactly like the first goal Nigeria conceded except this time the attacker hit the target without the aid of a defender's leg deflecting it in.

Has one region ever had three teams concede injury time goals in the same world cup?

We don't do details, communication on the pitch is often lacking, can have 10 guys get it right but we always have 1 player asleep at the switch.

CAF teams at WC fail to grasp that margins between success and failure are finite.

What is Ben Amor doing messing around near the corner flag knowing how poor we were at dealing with set pieces?

Time and again total inability to win the 1st ball, we don't execute the basics with the consistency required to win games at the WC.

Simply kick the ball out forward or kick it at the opponent leg for your throw in.

[airwolex]

Another thing is that Euro teams have one or two players whose corner kicks are super deadly. With us VM looks like he can have 1000 corners and they all go to 1000 different places.

[airwolex]

This issue of being poor at defending set pieces is just born out of laziness. Nothing more, sheer laziness. When defenders start to grab players I see laziness.

What about knowing when to jump at the right time or jumping as high as your opponent?

Europeans players hold to but they are clever about it. They pull a bit, leave you, then pull. Holding someone in a choke hold is just plain stupid. The Tunisians did this all day today.

[txj]

@Tx, nno! How many numbers = strength (all going home first round?). It’s all on Senegal.

Throw 'em in the old onion bag...The more the merrier...

Out of many, a seed might bear fruit.

Vegas baby!!!

[Tunisian Gooner]

So it's safe to assume Tunisia didn't learn how not to defend corner kicks from the Nigerians. That second England goal is exactly like the first goal Nigeria conceded except this time the attacker hit the target without the aid of a defender's leg deflecting it in.

Has one region ever had three teams concede injury time goals in the same world cup?

We don't do details, communication on the pitch is often lacking, can have 10 guys get it right but we always have 1 player asleep at the switch.

CAF teams at WC fail to grasp that margins between success and failure are finite.

What is Ben Amor doing messing around near the corner flag knowing how poor we were at dealing with set pieces?

Time and again total inability to win the 1st ball, we don't execute the basics with the consistency required to win games at the WC.

If he's near the corner flag and he's trying to fight for a GK, fine, that's one thing. The fact he went from a safe area then dribbled it backwards and not forwards is what gets me.

This is common sense basic stuff.

Sadly it's trash you see in the Tunisian league constantly, just lazy, ignorant, shortcut decisions.

Ben Amor pulls that nonsense routinely when he was @ Etoile Sahel, like many players who grow up in Tunisian system he lacks basic self awareness, intelligence, focus and required football IQ to win games at the WC.