I did go against Wales in their match v Iran saying that they are perhaps the weakest side in this tournament, and they very much proved that I was right! It was an expectedly poor performance from the whole team, especially Aaron Ramsey who is out of place in this competition, he should be somewhere in League One. Bale also has so few minutes this season that he is far from his best.
Not only were they poor, but they got poorer towards the end at likes fatigue and form issues. They are simply not match fit, at least those players who might otherwise be competitive. Of course, the goals came only late and after the red card of keeper Hennessy, but they were in the air before that and Hennessy naturally is suspended tonight.
Funnily enough, Wales still have a theoretical chance to qualify, all they need to do is to win England by a big margin! As their defense is poor and the only goal threat comes from desperate crosses into the box it is not going to happen, but it means they will need to field with their best possible lineup - on paper that is.
Wales likely: Ward; Mepham, Rodon, Davies; Roberts, Ramsey, Ampadu, Williams; James, Moore, Bale.
After the 6-2 thrashing or Iran England did only the minimum v USA in the goalless draw, a result that is about enough but it was nothing convincing. England coach Southgate has a lot more width in his squad and guessing the lineup is just that, and Harry Kane is a doubt because of his ankle. Yet, Kane has scored 0 goals in open play in 2022 for England. Would be he that badly missed?
The teams have relatively seldom and the head-to-head is a questionable stat to use, but just in case you want to know England have won last 6 encounters, the latest being a 3-0 on 2020.
I am no big fan of England, but this Wales side does not really deserve to be here, there were a dozen better teams in Europe who missed out on this competition. They are no match, there will be no real fight.
England likely: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Rice, Bellingham; Sterling, Mount, Foden; Kane.
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我确实去看了威尔士对阵伊朗的比赛，说他们可能是本届杯赛中最弱的球队，他们很好地证明了我是对的!整个球队的表现都很糟糕，尤其是拉姆塞，他在这场比赛中不适合，他应该在英甲的某个地方。贝尔本赛季的出场时间也太少了，他离自己的最佳状态还差得很远。
他们不仅很穷，而且因为疲劳和体型问题在比赛结束时变得更穷。他们只是不适合比赛，至少那些本来有竞争力的球员是这样。当然，进球来得很晚，而且是在守门员轩尼诗被红牌罚下之后，但在那之前，进球就在空中了，轩尼诗今晚自然要停赛。
有趣的是，威尔士理论上仍然有机会出线，他们所需要做的就是大胜英格兰队!由于他们的防守很差，唯一的进球威胁来自于禁区内绝望的传中，这是不可能发生的，但这意味着他们需要用最好的阵容出战——理论上是这样。
威尔士可能:沃德;梅彭、罗登、戴维斯;罗伯茨、拉姆齐、安帕多、威廉姆斯;詹姆斯，摩尔，贝尔。
在6-2大胜伊朗之后，英格兰在与美国的比赛中只踢了最少的一球，这个结果已经足够了，但并不能令人信服。英格兰主帅索斯盖特在他的阵容中有更多的宽度，猜测阵容只是这样，哈里·凯恩因为他的脚踝是一个疑问。然而，凯恩在2022年英格兰队的公开比赛中攻入0球。他会那么想念吗?
两支球队的交锋相对较少，面对面的比赛是一个值得怀疑的数据，但如果你想知道英格兰在过去6次交锋中获胜，最近的一次是在2020年3-0获胜。
我不是英格兰队的超级球迷，但这支威尔士队真的不应该在这里，欧洲有十多支更好的球队错过了这场比赛。他们不是对手，不会有真正的战斗。
英格兰:皮克福德;沃克、斯通斯、马奎尔、肖;大米,贝灵汉;斯特林、芒特、福登;凯恩。
