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When English players fall over they usually get back up again. The English passionately hate 'simulation' which is growing in the English game because of all the foreign imports.
England have conceded 4 goals in this tournament, all from set pieces. This is a cause for concern but it also means we know exactly where we are going wrong defensively. We only have a couple of days to sort it out, though.
It was a very encouraging performance from England today, can't fault any of our players even if some played better than others. Rooney is on fire, Scholes is beginning to prove his critics (myself included) wrong, and Lampard is settling in well. Owen and to a lesser extent Beckham have some room for improvement, if our big players perform there is noone we can't beat. I worry about our defence against the Portuguese, but their defence isn't anything to write home about either. Could be plenty of chances at either end. We mustn't be intimidated by the home fans, we have to attack the Portuese defence from the off because England don't do patient build up football.
Last edited by evil_bastard on Jun-22-2004 at 01:00
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Brilliant game for England i thought, played really well (after a while), when they got going they looked like a team that could win the whole thing!!!
