I might be a global citizen citizen, but it still hurts to see England get knocked out of the World Cup. Ouch!
It was deserved and Germany punished England - remorselessly.
The game would have been different if soccer finally caught up with most other sports and used all the technology available to make objective decisions, but whilst Sepp Blatter remains at the helm of FIFA it is unlikely to happen. Hell - even cricket and rugby use it - and their inferiority to the Beautiful Game is exponential!
Well done Germany!
Despite enjoying plenty of possession, England yet again seem to be unable to threaten in the final third of the field, especially in the face of the always highly organized and generally efficient Germans. This is in stark contrast to the Germans who look menacing going forward against a distinctly shaky English defense. Gaps are exploited mercilessly and England find themselves two nil down within the first half hour. England somewhat surprisingly grab a goal back of the hapless face of Upson and a morsel of hope must go through the minds of English fans. Then the goal that was never given. It is so clearly a goal I don’t even need to look at the slow motion of it for verification. That ball is so completely over the line! I don’t want the first half to end as for England are in the ascendancy, but it does, but by the time the second half comes, England again stumble blindly and ineffectively, and the writing on the wall. No real surprises to see England get destroyed every time the Germans go forward. 4 -1 is not a fair reflection, but if you can’t defend at this high level you are going to get punished.
For the likes of Gerrard, Lampard, James and Terry – members of the ill-fated dubbed “Golden Generation” – there will be no more World Cup chances. Yet both Gerrard and Terry were the only players to leave the tournament for England with any credibility. Talisman Wayne Rooney has been completely anonymous throughout the tournament, possibly a victim of being so hyped in the media as England’s potential savior. What is more scary is where are the next generation of World Class players for England? Apart from Man. City’s Adam Johnson, I can’t see much potential for the Premiership is full of foreign “stars”. Worrying times for England indeed.
I walk off into the sunset hand in hand with my American friends.
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Add american football and ice hockey to the list of big brother camera sports. Good idea for soccer; however, my advice is to limit the review time and the scope of reviewable plays. In the latter sports, the officials take up 5 minutes to review a play. That will absolutely kill the game.
ReplyDeleteAs for yer american friends, 99.999999 percent of them could care less about the beautiful game. So, your sunset walk will be very, very lonely indeed.
Sorry about yer team. Perhaps the next bunch of English soccer players will be better in 2014.