A hat trick, some good old English brutality, the occasional long ball and extended dribbles put the South Americans in their place. Liverpool's Rhian Brewster's performance at centre-forward was a bit special. But, the whole team did what was necessary and they were disciplined and exciting too, coping with a technically gifted Brazilian team.
England's opponents in the final, also to be held at the Kolkata stadium, on the 28th at 20.00, will be Spain (for some reason, yesterday, I thought Mali got through their semi?). Spain won their semi-final 3-1 as well.
To qualify England beat Chile 4-0, Mexico 3-2 and Iraq 4-0 meeting Japan in the last 16, 0-0 winning on pens and then the USA 1-4 in the last eight.
The future is bright at national level; not so for the Crystal Palace manager, 70 year old Roy, who played 19 year old Fosu-Mensah (a tough test for him...get it?), 21 year olds Jairo Riedewald and Ruben Loftus-Cheek and 22 year old Sullay Kaikai against Bristol City, at Ashton Gate in the Energy Drink Cup, who ran away winners 4-1. After the game, there was the apparently ill judged Palace shirt throw in to the crowd by the mature, 27 year old Senegalese, Pape Soaure, who had it rebound in his face. There was good intention from young Pape, not so from the less than adoring Palace fan. Souare who has just recovered from a serious car accident and was making a return to the team, really did not need that hassle. Shame.
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