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Oh, Lookman off. Surprising.

PK for Ven. Great save.

Wow, Solanke with bloody head injury there.

DCL everywhere. I can see his exciting potential, though obviously he's more powerful and dangerous against these younger players.

Yes, Dowell off, Ojo on. Had to do it, as Dowell had to play cautiously defending in box.

Yellow on Dowell. He'll be off for Ojo soon, I'd guess.

Lots of action, both ways. More goals, surely.

Clear header for Ven, too easy, but right at gk.

Early yellows this half on each team. Don't want to see any 11 v. 10.

A very interesting take on Trump, a breaker not a maker. http://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-the-loneliness-of-donald-trump/ And a good analysis of the Repub party's failure to kill the Frankenstein they created. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/10/the-gop-that-failed-215243

Back-and-forth, very good match, some clever passing and play. Surely more goals to xome in second half. I'll guess 3-2 England. Kenny and Dowell haven't quite connected down the right. Lookman and DCL have.

Slo-mo replay of Lookman's pass shows it's even more impressive than I thought.

Lookman with beautiful pass in box to DCL, but goalie makes good save. Nice play by Everton lads.

DCL with excellent goal, controls header, goalie saves, DCL rebounds in. 1-0. More goals to come, I think, both teams. Pretty exciting match.

Great build-up by DCL to Lookman for strong shot, excellent save. On resulting corner, DCL has opportunity, lousy shot.

Miscommunication between Dowell and Kenny. Surprising.

Guess we can make this the U-20 WC thread. La Vinotinto lads look skilled. Only 10 minutes in, but they're quick, some clever dribblers.

I had varying impressions of Deulofeu in his 40 minutes in the friendly v. Colombia. As usual, he was intermittently a danger streaking down the right side with the ball at his feet. His crosses were inconsistent. Although I'm a fan of Deulofeu, I was dismayed by his lethargy on Spain's late tying goal, a cross from Niguez on the left to Morata in the box for a beautiful header. But, at a moment when Spain desperately needed a tying goal, as the play developed, I could see Deulofeu just walking on the right side of the pitch, just doing nothing but watching the play - not running toward the box in case the cross from the left was too strong, in which case Deulofeu might have been there. His laziness on this play was maddening. Is he so weak that after only 30 minutes, he was gassed? Awful.

Yes, live telecast, 6 a.m. EDT, Fox Sports 1.

Probably 1 pm. However, "probably" probably isn't good enough. It's a 7 pm start in South Korea.

Dowell did not have a good performance. Ojo often dominated after coming on early in second half, and probably starts instead of Dowell on Sunday. Hope it's on tv Sunday for you in England. Everton boys have made major impact in this tournament.

Solanke with superb long strike, 3-1. Sunday Final v. impressive Venezuela! In US on FoxSports 1, 6 am.

Lookman puts England ahead 2-1, easy rebound of goalie's save. Only 10 minutes left. Best players going forward have been Lookman, Liverpool's Solanke and Ojo (sub in for Dowell), and Kenny. Hope England can hang on. Like to see our boys on Sunday, Final. Kenny is Coleman-esque. Lookman's dribbling is extremely impressive.

I'm not much of a Barkley fan, for exactly the sorts of reasons cited above. But I am willing to rationalize being ok if he signs a new contract with Everton. For me, it would be a rationalization, and it would be merely "ok," with no real enthusiasm. So, anticipating that Barkley continues to play for Everton for the next several seasons, my (rationalized) expectation is that his marvelous physical skills (impressive balance, power, dribbling, the occasional brilliant pass, the occasional brilliant goal) will somewhat outweigh his dismaying limitations. There's reason to expect that his skills won't diminish, and may even grow, in the next few years, and to hope (if not fully predict) he improves in one or more of the areas where he's weak, actually a liability. Ross wastes so, so much energy running around two steps behind the play (as above, "doesn't know how ... to find the space that has to be filled"). For someone who exhibits intermittent brilliance on the ball, he is perpetually clueless off the ball. I'm always impressed by players (in several sports) who have a special sense/feel for where the ball/play will go next. Most players, I guess, are average in this regard; Ross seems well below average. I don't know - doubt, actually - whether he'll ever improve in this area. Will he use his power dibbling to get off shots more frequently - actual shots, some of which might go toward the net - and quit his maddening over-clever over-dribbling? We can hope, though so far, as above, "I haven't seen any improvement" in this area. I hope, usually desperately, to find Barkley in the box more, for headers, Naismith-poaching. Why isn't he more aggressive in overpowering defenders in the box? Why isn't he meaner? He looks stronger than he plays. Not good. So, I can convince myself that Barkley's wonderful skills will not suddenly disappear, and that there's plenty of opportunity for him to improve in several key areas. If we're to sign him, I have to be optimistic. Right?

Very impressive match for all the Everton players. Kenny is a promising right back for the future. Hope Seamus makes a full and rapid recovery. Until then, Kenny, Holgate, and even Davies provide plenty of depth at RB.