It's a classic English-Welsh encounter at the biggest stage in world football. Two neighborhood teams meet in a match that can be decisive for both teams. After a fantastic game in the first round and a 6-2 victory over Iran, England showed a much weaker game in the match against the USA in a 0-0 draw. The English seemed quite disinterested in that match and given the circumstances they can be satisfied that they did not lose this match. But I still think that no team should be judged based on their performance in one game, especially when a team with such quality as England is playing a very important game for them. Even if England loses to Wales, and in the second group match between Iran and the USA, one of these two teams wins, the English would again be in second place, in front of Wales, thanks to a better goal difference. But, as I said, this match is important for the English because of the next match in the knockout phase. If they finish in first place they will play against the runner-up from group A, if they finish second in the group they will go to the most likely winner of that group, the Netherlands. I think that the English certainly value the Netherlands more than Ecuador or Senegal and that with a victory in this match they will want to preserve the first position in the table. I think that we are expecting a match without many goals, the teams know each other very well, but I believe that the experience and quality of the players will decide this match. One of the more motivated players in England can be Harry Kane, who still hasn't scored a goal at the World Cup, and I'm sure he wants to be among the scorers at least once before the decisive games.

In the last round, Wales pretty much disappointed their fans with a very bad game and a 2-0 defeat against Iran. They did not look good at all in either of the opening two outings, especially in the second match against Iran. In general, Wales have really played perhaps below average games in this championship. The offensive part of the team is very bad, the only goal they scored so far was Bale's goal from the penalty against USA. Of course, Wales is not a team that is expected to score a large number of goals, but it is also worrying that it is very difficult to get goal chances. Closely linked to Wales negative run is captain Gareth Bale's poor form. If he hadn't scored from the penalty spot, he would have left a very small mark on this World Cup. The data that best shows how little he participates in the Wales game is the number of touches with the ball in both games. Against the USA he had just 34 touches of the ball, while against Iran he had 36. In both games that was the fewest of any other Wales player who played the full 90 minutes. Whether it is because the opponents guard him well or because he is at the end of his career and is not fully dedicated to football, that is not for me to judge. Another potential problem for Wales will be the absence of the first goalkeeper Hennessey, who received a red card in the match against Iran. He will be replaced by Ward, the goalkeeper of Leicester, who used to be quite insecure in games for the club. The last matches of Wales are not encouraging, the team has no victory in the last seven matches. And the fact that England beat them in the last 6 games between them certainly does not work in their favor. I expect that England will patiently build their attacks, without too much haste to score a goal as soon as possible, just like in the match against Iran when they scored the first goal in the 35th minute. I honestly do not expect a match that we will remember for some exaggerated beauty of the game, first of all I believe that we will see a hard match with a lot of tactical outwitting and I believe that the individual quality of England will decide in their favor.

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这是世界足坛最大舞台上一场经典的英格兰-威尔士对决。两支社区球队在一场比赛中相遇，这对双方都是决定性的。在第一轮的精彩表现和6-2战胜伊朗之后，英格兰在与美国的比赛中表现得更弱，以0-0战平。英格兰人似乎对那场比赛很不感兴趣，在这种情况下，他们可以对自己没有输掉这场比赛感到满意。但我仍然认为，没有一支球队应该根据他们在一场比赛中的表现来评判他们，特别是当一支像英格兰这样有实力的球队在踢一场非常重要的比赛时。即使英格兰输给威尔士，在小组赛第二场伊朗和美国的比赛中，如果这两支球队中有一支获胜，英格兰也将再次排在威尔士之前，因为净胜球的优势更大。但是，就像我说的，这场比赛对英格兰队来说很重要，因为下一场比赛是淘汰赛阶段。如果他们以小组第一名的身份出线，他们将对阵A组亚军，如果他们以小组第二的身份出线，他们将对阵该组最有可能的冠军荷兰队。我认为英格兰人肯定比厄瓜多尔和塞内加尔更看重荷兰，如果能在这场比赛中获胜，他们将希望保住积分榜第一的位置。我认为我们期待的是一场进球不多的比赛，两支球队彼此非常了解，但我相信球员的经验和质量将决定这场比赛。哈里·凯恩是英格兰最积极的球员之一，他在世界杯上还没有进过一球，我相信他希望在决定性的比赛之前至少能进一次球。

在上一轮比赛中，威尔士以一场非常糟糕的比赛，0 - 2输给伊朗，让球迷非常失望。在开始的两场比赛中，他们看起来都不太好，特别是在与伊朗的第二场比赛中。总的来说，威尔士在这场锦标赛中的表现可能真的低于平均水平。球队的进攻部分非常糟糕，到目前为止他们唯一的进球是贝尔在对美国队的比赛中打进的点球。当然，威尔士并不是一支被期望能打进大量进球的球队，但同样令人担忧的是，他们很难获得进球机会。与威尔士的消极表现密切相关的是队长贝尔的糟糕状态。如果他没有在点球点上进球，他将在本届世界杯上留下非常小的印记。最能说明他在对阵威尔士的比赛中参与度有多低的数据是他在两场比赛中的触球次数。对阵美国队，他只有34次触球，而对阵伊朗，他有36次触球。在这两场比赛中，他是踢满90分钟的威尔士球员中最少的。是否是因为对手防守得很好，还是因为他已经是职业生涯的末期，没有完全投入到足球中去，这不是我能判断的。威尔士的另一个潜在问题是一号门将轩尼西的缺席，他在与伊朗的比赛中吃到了红牌。他的位置将由莱斯特城的门将沃德取代，而沃德曾经在莱斯特城的比赛中表现不佳。威尔士队的最后几场比赛并不令人鼓舞，他们在过去的7场比赛中没有取得胜利。事实上，英格兰在他们之间的最近6场比赛中击败了他们，这当然对他们不利。我希望英格兰能耐心地建立他们的进攻，而不是急于尽快进球，就像对阵伊朗的比赛一样，他们在第35分钟就打进了第一个球。说实话，我并不指望这场比赛会因为一些夸张的比赛之美而让我们记住，首先，我相信我们将看到一场艰难的比赛，有很多战术上的智慧，我相信英格兰的个人素质将决定他们的优势。