ESPN FC’s Gab Marcotti and Julien Laurens (Gab and Juls show) take a look back at some of the biggest talking points from the midweek fixtures, including:
(0:05) Portugal survive early scare to beat Luxembourg 3-0
(1:16) John stones came back with a big assist after early mistake vs. Poland
(2:37) Dani Olmo’s goal in Spain’s match vs. Kosovo
(3:28) The politics going into the game meant lack of respect shown to the Kosovo side
(4:57) Antoine Griezmann scores for France’s 1-0 Bosnia win
(5:40) Italy make it 5 wins in a row with 2 or more goals after beating Lithuania 2-0
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39 Comments
Let’s wait and see if they can actually do it against the big teams when it matters
John Stones is only good at Man City becuase he has a great CB partner. I still think he is not that good.
First time in my life I was happy to see maguire score!
Everybody makes mistakes
Griezmann has been the best performing player for France since like 2014 wc ended, most important as well, don't even dare to say Mbappe(since he came in obviously). Without Griezmann, France have to change their style entirely.
Manchester has the best fridges
The fridge has finally got enough electricity to function
I am here for Let's go Gab:) classic Jules. awesome pair
England should change their manager, this stupid manager is wasting a talented generation
You can take the bottlers out of the bottle but you can't take the bottle out of the bottlers 😂
England are bottle jobs always have been always will be
John Stones is still one of the best cb ITW.
The difference between the old Stones and the new Stones is that the new Stones has more hunger and desire to the play the game. You could see by his body language that after he made that mistake he was determined to make up for. In which he did by assisting Maguire's goal
These Titles ? How much educated are these guys ?
Lol one mistake. And ppl are on to him. He made up for it anyways.
Poland had terrible first half. If England plays this poorly they won't win any silverware. This should have been a one-sided victory. As a Pole I was amazed how much time the opposition gives our players to make runs and get back into defensive positions. We have just changed the coach and we are rotating the system and players every match. I understand the worries of English fans and journalists because this team is really underperforming.
Portugal didn't play that well, but Luxembourg is not the same as a couple of years ago. They played FANTASTIC for a team of their stature. Moved the ball amazingly well. Let's not forget they drew 0-0 with France not too long ago too.
🚨🚨🚨 Its official, Halaands father and Mino riola are in barcelona and talking to thier new president, he has already started buisness just after getting elected 2 weeks ago. Barcelona are going to get rid of almost DISASTER class signings thier previos managment had made at any cost ALL TO MAKE MESSI STAY AT BARCELONA.
Wish Southgate was a bit more ambitious with his team selections. We could play:
DCL
Sterling Kane Foden
Rice Mount
Shaw Maguire Stones James
Pope
That's just removing Phillips for an extra attacker, would change the dynamic so much.
Can understand playing Phillip's agaisnt Poland but San Marino, Albania, come on, get your best attackers on the pitch and develop more attacking potency!
Kosovo isn't a country
Halland father and manger arrives on Barcelona
It means☠️☠️☠️🤫
what about that Sterling dive?
Jonh stones is going to be found out even more for now on in this english squad.. Ruben dias made him look like beckenbauer but in reality he’s just another english hyped played.. when Ruben Dias is not alongside him he looks vulnerable and disorientated.. fraud!
They should make a Nedum and Sid lowe podcast
Stones redeemed himself by setting up the goal and England got the points so move on and congratulations England but they will definitely need to push more when on top of the opponents instead of being content with a 1-0 lead, go and finish them when It's clearly on the cards ✌️
Nobody ever mentioned maguire clear and obvious penalty, what a decisive mistake by the ref! If i was polish i’d gutted..
The partnership looked pretty solid
What’s crazy about playing for a country is that they can struggle to scrape by smaller countries. When you look at the starting 11 for top top countries, they can probably make top 4 of any top 5 leagues, yet the opposition country team is made up of of bunch of division 2/3 league players and yet the TOP team can struggle to get a win.
England did freak out, in the 2nd half after Poland equalised, their game became chaotic and rubbish. Gab talking out of his considerable ar&e here.
Great content lads. Keep em coming
How gab lost weight?
It showed that England got lucky and that Southgate can't make a decision.
Yeah, it's coming home
End this podcast now 😂 it makes no sense seeing these 2 trying
Ok I see you Jules. Rockin the off white vapormaxes🔥
Half the England team is from man city
Stones stays making mistakes
John Stones is one of the worst defenders I have ever seen….I have seen REAL defenders over the years (I am 70) and he does not rate in the first 500. !!!!!
That shameless gift of a call shows that FIFA wants England to succeed at any cost.