Poor penalty, struck well if that makes sense. Made it a relatively easy save. Don’t need him to take another if that’s his style.
As for overall performance.
Credit where credits due. I’m not a fan of Hendo, work rate is no substitute for quality.
He has however been having a decent tournament. His contribution has benefitted the team in the first two group games.
Tuesday he went missing for long periods and basically got the runaround. Didn’t/couldn’t inflict any sort of authority on the mid field for any noticeable period of time.
Occasional flashes of presence is not good enough when the better sides are competing.
Needs to improve on Sat.
Also agree that Dier was even worse in the role. That enabled Columbia to get a foothold.
Maybe it’s because his pressing game is only effective if everyone does it. Going alone makes you look like you are charging around like a headless chicken.
Perhaps it’s a coaching issue, but needs sorting out.
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