What a fun night of knockout football it was. Harry Kane dragged England through on an unconvincing night for Thomas Tuchel. It was all quite pedestrian against DR Congo but when you have one of the world’s best striker’s leading the side, anything is possible. The match provided more questions than answers, and many of the former will be posed to Tuchel before facing Mexico on Sunday/Monday, depending on where you are in the world.
In the second game, Belgium were calling the concierge and asking for their bags down to be brought so they could make a quick escape from Seattle. No one saw the coming on the horizon but it was ruddy impressive, albeit heartbreaking for Senegal. The African side fell apart after outplaying their European opponents. The late late late winner was seen as controversial but it looked like a penalty to me.
USA made sure all three co-hosts made it through but will ponder the cost of Folarin Balogun’s sending off, which will make him miss out against Belgium next time around.
We will also buildup to today’s fixtures.
Spain v Austria Portugal v Croatia Switzerland v Algeria
