I was there four days for four days, returned with no cold, Covid or mozzie bites.
I really hope that no-one was selfish enough to travel knowing that they had Covid, but I appreciate that's naïvely optimistic.
In the UK it's a common assault, regardless of the context in which it took place. In this case with aggravating factors (the age/vulnerability of the victim).
As I type this from the departure lounge at Marseille, I can't wait until tomorrow 2pm.
It'll be different for sure, and of course I'm trepidatious with the current issues we have on the pitch, but I'll never take playing the likes of Liverpool for granted.
Some excellent non pizza/kebab options here:
https://www.timeout.com/marseille/restaurants/best-restaurants-in-marseille
Marseille is righly renowned for its Mediterranean seafood.
We've been in Marseille all day and evening. Chilled, nice atmosphere, friendly people. One barman clocked us and was nothing but polite, saying he reckons we'll beat them. Watched the Champions League with some PSG-hating locals.
I can't say what tomorrow will be like, or what every bar in...
A lot of folks talking as though this was his debut when he played the full 90 in a 3-0 win five years ago, barely putting a foot wrong.
Only Southgate knows why he was then overlooked for half a decade.
I'm certain it was an honest mistake, and that someone is really cross with themselves.
If it had been deliberate it would have been an innocuous asterisk that that led nowhere.