Sweden 2 England 2
"Good Morning Oceania. The alarm clocks are doing their jobs for you and now it's time for the players to do their jobs for their country". Thanks Martin.
For the first time this tournament I have stayed up through the night to watch the games. Both of tonights have been rubbish. And this wasn't much fun either. The first half was good fun though (compared to our other games anyway), except for Owen's nasty injury and the painful super slo-mo replays. Joe Cole was the nuts. His goal was amazing.
Than came Sven's half-time chat.
"Joe Cole is our best player. Don' give him the ball anymore."
Bloody hell, the second half was crap. We didn't have any creativity and Sven seemed happy to defend a 1-1 draw after the Swedes equalised. With five in the middle we struggled and all of a sudden we are quite possibly the worst team in the tournament at defending set-pieces.
At least we have topped the group and avoid playing Germany in the next round.
And I'm sure it will all come good in the end.
The sun is coming up now and I am going to bed.
For the first time this tournament I have stayed up through the night to watch the games. Both of tonights have been rubbish. And this wasn't much fun either. The first half was good fun though (compared to our other games anyway), except for Owen's nasty injury and the painful super slo-mo replays. Joe Cole was the nuts. His goal was amazing.
Than came Sven's half-time chat.
"Joe Cole is our best player. Don' give him the ball anymore."
Bloody hell, the second half was crap. We didn't have any creativity and Sven seemed happy to defend a 1-1 draw after the Swedes equalised. With five in the middle we struggled and all of a sudden we are quite possibly the worst team in the tournament at defending set-pieces.
At least we have topped the group and avoid playing Germany in the next round.
And I'm sure it will all come good in the end.
The sun is coming up now and I am going to bed.
posted by Jonny @ 6:55 AM
4 Comments:
At 22/6/06 6:48 AM,
Me said…
Yes, you have to wonder what Sven says at half time, don't you? It usually results in them playing worse...
I watched the game from my hospital bed and looked away every time Owen's imjury was replayed.
We looked very, very good in the first half, which is a touch encouraging. Roger Hargreaves was brilliant, too, I thought, he said humbly.
At 22/6/06 7:48 AM,
Jonny said…
Yeah, he did well. I was just as surprised as everyone else. Maybe he has even forced himself into the starting 11 if Sven reverts to a 4-5-1 for good, which could mean Gerrard and Lampard being able to play further up the field and support sole-striker Rooney (Crouch on the bench, naturally!).
As for the knee.....what a shocker. Not pleasant at all, especially on that super slo-mo replay.
At 22/6/06 5:27 PM,
Andy said…
Why do they have to replay injuries repeatedly in super slow motion? It was obvious from seeing it live that his knee had bent the wrong way.
First 48 minutes we were great, and looking better and better as the game went on. It's really very concerning how it all turned to pot as soon as we conceded a goal against the run of play. Suddenly no-one could pass, no-one could run, and no-one could mark at set pieces.
And what exactly was the point in taking Walcott along anyway?
At 22/6/06 6:20 PM,
Jonny said…
To clean the other players boots?
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