That's unfortunate that Belgium is out. But i will say France has been fun to watch throughout the tournament. Both teams are pretty young so the arrows only pointing up for both.

As for tomorrows match, I'm pulling for England. I think England may have a bit of an advantage not just in talent, but also because they got to rest most of their starters against Belgium in the last group game. I know we are two games removed from that, But Croatia looked like they were running on fumes at the end of the Russia game. I mean every one of Croatia's matches since getting out of group have gone to penalties and I believe their starting squad played every round in the group as well. Most of these guys are used to having a cup(sometimes 2) and league play with multiple games in a weak during the season, but Croatia looked like they were hurting a little bit in the last game. It's one thing to go 90 min, but they have played basically an extra 2 games when you add up all the extra time and the final group match.

England v France will be a hell of a match.

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