Principessa wrote:Supporting for Italy this afternoon! I hope they win!
Yesterday I saw a part of the match of England....again they weren't playing that good
! Franck De Bleeckere, the Belgian referee, did well though!
I hope Italy wins today, but it won't be an easy match because Australia is playing well!
I thought England played pretty well tbh. Not good enough to win the world cup no, but good none-the-less. Okay we had a hiccup here and there, but really Ecuador didn't ask us many questions as they couldn't get through our defense (with the exceptions of those one or two jiccups I mentioned earlier) however Ashley Cole made a fantasic tackle to put a shot onto the cross bar (a shot which arguably had Paul Robinson beaten)
With regards to attack, we made some great moves, Rooney seemed to be getting bak to fitness, and some of our attacking was really good, what was NOT good however was the amount of shots that we missed after making those attacks!
Especially for Lampard, I like Lamps, but he's gotta raise his game if he's gonna keep his place in the squad.
In conclusion, good play, but our end product and finishing was somewhat lacking....Kind of like the dutch last night actually. I thought they played well, making many chances, but not putting those chances in the back of the net.
Just a foot note: Becks scored another great Free-Kick and in doing so has become the first englishman ever to score in three world cups.
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