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England 0 USA 0 and this was the most tempting bet today at 3-1 with the bookies no doubt thinking this was a "stroll in the park" for England! Not so!! One thing that has definitely transpired after this match is "England are not as good as many of the footie media pundits (and others) have been irritatingly uttering since their 1st game v Iran"!!! They were "rank rotten", single dimensional in their forages towards the USA goal and should've been beaten by at least two clear goals tonight. How refreshing to watch a young USA team taking chances and "playing fitba" through the lines while stifling England's/Southgate's game plan with their own strategy. In the past few days, I've occasionally listened to a number of English pundits (plus Poole-based Souness!!) "spouting off" how better England can be v other observed top six footie nations during matches that England were not even participating in. I wonder if a sudden reality has set in for these people and other footie observers are retrospectively realising the exact opposite re England's footie potential and weaknesses (quite a few btw - anybody watch their recent Nations League shambles??) in this tourney plus the fact there are a good number of vg participating teams that are definitely superior balanced sides and of course they are not playing at Wembley either i.e. no home games and no stadium full of England fans.