Sweden will feel relief, but also feel they might have scored when Isak hit the ball. Spain have utterly, utterly dominated possession but they can’t find the telling blow. Below are some of the highlights of the first half
45 min: Just one minute added on. That seems to be the way, sparing with time added on. That’s it, all done for the first half. 44 min: Robin Olsen climbs well to clear another powderpuff corner but Olmo gets the rebound and forces a fine save from Sweden’s goalie. Actually, was it a fine save? Hmm, it looked like he lost the flight of it and somehow got it away. It evades Laporte on the rebound.
Kari: “I’m baffled that Spain aren’t winning, which takes me back to watching Spain prior to 2008, when being baffled that they weren’t winning was the typical experience of watching Spain at major tournaments.”
Henry on the stadium: “It was built with San Siro in mind. So Betis and Seville would share the stadium. Then they could sell the other two stadiums which are located on prime real estate. But the clubs and fans said no way. Re: Marathon, I was lucky enough to run/walk the last one which finished in the Plaza de España- spectacular!”
Francis on same: “Some years ago the local politicos went full “if you build it, they will come” in the certainty that if they had three huge stadiums then they would easily be awarded the Olympic games. For sure! In Summer!Summer temperature in July and August in Seville? Over 42°C in daytime and only about 30 at night. Needless to say, they were refused in their bid for, no doubt, health reasons, and certainly not because they didn’t fill the brown envelopes enough. The next World Cup is … where?”
Matt in Brum: “What the Spanish should be doing is seeing if Ian Marshall has a Spanish granny, he’d sort this fancy-dannery out and stick the round thing in the netty-thingy.”
Yash: “Something is not right, Morata misses a chance and Llorente hitting the post, time for position change.About the penalties, as much as IFAB can clarify its rules it’s clear that Premier League referees don’t use common sense, and rather goes for sarcasm and irony every single time.”
Let’s wait for the second half.
