Its not just that, forget about the yellow card, she dint even stop the game!, that is a clear fault to the goalkeeper... And their dint say enything, that could end in a Germany goal!
As I said before that's not a foul in the slightest. The ball was loose. Both players had the right to go for it and the argentine one came off worse.
England actually deserved the win imo. They were far more aggressive and dangerous during overtime than Portugal. Figures, kept winning when they deserved to lose, now they finally deserve to win... and they lose.
No we didn't. England were ****. I lay the blame for this squarely at Ericson's feet and I'm ****ing glad the guy is gone. Like with Argentina our game was completely scuppered by our manager.
1) We had no spare strikers so we play with a stupid formation with one isolated man up front. That's Sven's fault. Sure he might have been forced into it following the injury to Micheal Owen but it's Sven's ****ing fault for going to the world cup with 3 strikers (two of which are injured or just recovering from injuries) and a completely untested 17 year old.
That's old news but I thought I'd mention it because it sets the scene for the rest of it.
2) The one man in front formation wasn't working yet Sven refused to change it. Rooney was left isolated at the top of the field and being the sort of player he is Sven should have told him to not be constantly demanding the ball is passed 50m up field to him when it's practically hopeless that the ball will both
a) reach him
b) stay with him
Instead we saw a return (as if it ever went away) to the long ball forward.
2) Pretty much every commentator was well aware that given Rooney's temperament leaving him out of the game the majority of the time was a potential powder keg. Sven ignored this fact and things went exactly how everyone else in England suspected it might with Wayne's emotions getting the better of him and getting him sent off.
3) And this is the biggie. In the last quarter of extra time when a fresh pair of legs could be devestating against men who have been on the pitch for 105 minutes Sven decides to save his final substitution for 3 minutes before the end because he wants to go for penalties.
Which England are **** at.
And Portugal beat us at 2 year ago.
Due to them having a goalkeeper who has an excellent track record of saving penalties.
At this point words fail me at the stupidity of that tactic.
