Three lions of England face the Lion of Teranga, Senegal.
To be clear, England are favourites to win this one even if they play a lot more defensively than they should in regard to their material, but they are not even 60% winners in my papers as there are so many weaknesses in the team.
One of them is coach Southgate who does not even himself what the optimal lineup is, and he does not take full use of their good attacking players.
Another and more crucial one is the class of defenders as both Stones and Maguire are accidents waiting to happen, big and clumsy. Slow. Liabilities in their own box and a Senegal penalty kick would not surprise me one bit.
England had an easy group and the results flatter. Iran win was mostly down to effectiveness, and Wales is simply a poor team at the moment. Against the only decent team in the group, the USA, they had more than their share of difficulties and could had lost.
Is USA any better than Senegal?
Senegal lost unfairly their opening game v Netherlands, but since then have played good football and they have world class players to to rely on, especially in the defense.
There is one important absentee at Senegal as Everton midfielder Guye is out, and even team captain Koyate is a doubt, but Senegal will have a strong and defensive lineup to show.
Why am I expecting goals when I talk about defensive approach from both?
Simply because of the hazardness of Englan defense, and the class of their attacking players. After the first goal is scored there can be many more.
本译文使用有道机器翻译，仅供参考：
英格兰的三只狮子面对塞内加尔特兰加的狮子。
需要明确的是，英格兰是夺冠的大热门，即使他们的防守比他们应有的更强，但在我的论文中，他们甚至没有60%的胜率，因为这支球队有太多的弱点。
其中之一就是索斯盖特教练，他自己都不知道最佳阵容是什么，他也没有充分利用他们的优秀进攻球员。
另一个更关键的问题是后卫的级别，斯通斯和马奎尔都是随时可能发生的意外，庞大而笨拙。缓慢。他们在本方禁区内的责任和塞内加尔的点球不会让我感到惊讶。
英格兰小组很轻松，结果也很顺利。伊朗的胜利主要归功于效率，而威尔士目前只是一支糟糕的球队。面对小组中唯一一支像样的球队——美国队，他们遇到了更多的困难，可能会输掉比赛。
美国比塞内加尔好吗?
塞内加尔在首场对阵荷兰的比赛中不公平地输掉了比赛，但从那以后他们踢得很好，他们有世界级的球员可以依靠，特别是在防守方面。
埃弗顿的中场古耶缺席了塞内加尔的比赛，甚至队长科亚特也不确定，但塞内加尔将有一个强大的防守阵容。
当我谈到防守的时候，为什么我期望进球呢?
这只是因为英格兰防守的危险，以及他们进攻球员的水平。在第一个进球之后，还会有更多的进球。
