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| quote: | Originally posted by Rudy
Alright Portugal isn't playing very well either, but I think the way you guys talk about England is a bit over the top, they didn't play attracktive football and they have a weak defence! |
They didn't play attractive football? Ok then, right. So England so far being the top scorers in the tournament with 8 goals, that isnt attacking is it? Or Rooney being top scorer? 4 goals? and this being his first championship? Naa course not, England are boring and defensive, oh wait, but we are shit at the back?
We expect allot from the boys because they are all good players. We don't play as a team? Did you see the boys holding arms around each others shoulders? I dont think you have any players picking the team like Holland does, or any disputes like Figo saying he don't like Deco, which he stated publicly!
We play the England way. We have been spot on in all 3 games tactically. We;ve been outdone 4 times from set pieces, and we need to work on that, but not been beaten any other way. France we nearly held out in the end, Switzerland only look dangerous at set pieces and crosses, which as said gotta work on it, and Croatia the same, and we sat back after going 2-1 up and hit them on the break. You gotta remember this was a make or break game for Croatia. They sent players up attacking in 7's and 8's. Rooney and Owen were then left with just 2 or 3 players to beat, hence how Rooney scored his 3rd goal.
BTW we do reach semis, Euro 96
Don't write England off against Portugal. They've been nothing but dissapointing so far, having lost against Greece, poor against Russia and it took them till they scored their goal about 60 mins gone against Spain to finally look decente. They're in a transitional period, kinda like Germany, so they arnt as strong as they were 4 years ago when Figo was at his Peak, just like Pauleta, Nuno Gomez etc..
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