Paul Robinson
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They're a big, strong attacking side.
I mean, if you're going to mark man to man, you mark John Stones, Konza, O'Reilly.
O'Reilly in the second half had a free header at the far post, remember, from a set play.
England worked the set play as well.
And they're a very, very difficult, big physical side to pick up.
Yes, Harry Kane, he had the run of the Croatian box.
And actually, in their defence, when you're marking zonally, your body's got to be half open because you are looking at the ball coming in.
But if somebody's arriving into your space quicker than you are and meets the ball first, it's very, very difficult to defend against.
But it's about the delivery.
Yeah, he will be disappointed.
I said that in commentary.
When you look at it first, because we're in a really elevated position up here, so you don't necessarily often see things at first glance.
And actually, when you saw the replay, and I heard Joe Hart talking earlier on the iPlayer show, talking about this World Cup football, because we've seen a lot of goals going from distance.
You look at the Argentina game yesterday with Messi.
and the goal against Edouard Mendy.
He's a quality goalkeeper in the French game.
There's been one or two occasions where this football has maybe not necessarily behaved as you would expect it to.
Now, I'm not saying that that's the reason that he didn't save it.
I'm just saying there's something to maybe keep an eye on because this game was played in an enclosed stadium with air conditioning.
Those conditions are going to affect the ball.