OK, after having a think about it all... England went away from their game plan in the 2nd half.... 1st half didn't let the Croatian players have a break, harrassed and moved constantly...
Second half lacked urgency and tried to sit back... when Croatia scored, England panicked, and reverted to long balls from defence. Because the midfield were sitting to far back this isolated Kane and made it so easy for the defenders. Croatia didn't go long ball but were patient and moved the ball around slowly moving the England defence around the park and creating openings... England needed to keep at the Croats, they were out on their feet yet England allowed them to play at their pace. Croatia stuck to their game plan in the 2nd half and deserved the win...
2 goals from defenders ball watching... Stones was a terrible mistake.
What England needs is a player like Modric (I wish), someone who is creative in midfield , pulling the strings, and picking the passes... We have Henderson as a holding midfielder who we replaced with Dier another holding midfielder...
If we could find that creative midfielder, with this young team, who are only going to get better and more experienced then things are looking good...
Still so sad...
