2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup thread

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by krogothwolf

Well, even with a called off goal, it could also have motivated England with the we can beat them and maybe they could have played stronger.

So they played like a 3rd division side instead of a sunday pub team? They would have needed massive improvement.
Really the biggest problem was the tactics. Pretty much every playthe english were out of position- they had no width, all the midfielders were bunched in a group, they were playing a very static 4-4-2 even when 3 goals down which prevented any good opportunities. England actually dominated possession but never had the opportunity to do anything with it. Germany were running out of midfield, across the marking zones and just catching everybody out of position.
To be honest this has been a problem with England for a long time. Under Sven when they ahd better success opponents would normally dominate games but superior England finishing would help them out.


To move to the Argentina game, has Maradona played us all with his bizarre selections and antics and is actually a good manager? Cause Argentina are really firing.