World Cup match: England V.S Trinidad and Tobago (hope I got that spelt right)
Anyway, I watched this match with little expectations, never really heard about the T&T, so I kind of figured that they were a weak team.
Part truth.
Their defense held Sweden at 0-0, and they got a couple of good players in there. However, their offense leaves much to be desired. Frankly, I don't know what to decide. They refused to attempt to get the ball, but when they do my heart was in my mouth when they attacked. I remember checking the shots checklist, England 16 : T&T 5 at one point. All 5 of these shots were DAMN close. One of them would have scored if not for Terry and his lucky boot. One of them strikers was in a tussle with Terry and another defender, can't remember who, when the ball came their way. Robinson no where in sight. The striker nudged the ball in with his head, and would have gotten the goal when Terry stuck his foot out and cleared it out into the playing field. Eveyr England fan must have screamed with joy. Imagine the shame if T&T had the one point lead, and England did not seem anywhere near scoring any goals.
'sides from that, the match was pretty interesting, seeing the England team attack again and again... Beckham was pretty off-form early game, a couple of shots landed the ball in T&T's possession, but late game he got better. He better. Anyway, the rest of the team was pretty off form as well, Owen missed a couple of good shots, and Crouch was just too tall. In the end, they subed Rooney in to replace Owen (thank goodness) and Lennon to replace Carraghas (I think). Oike 20 mins after that, Beckham landed a cross into the penalty area and Crouch finally headed a ball in. Frankly I couldn't believe my eyes.
Rooney was still off-form, I blame his foot. However, in like 10 mins after that, England socred another goal. Can't remember if it was Gerrard or Lampard, the latter kept trying to score from the penalty area. Almost got in too, no thanks to the goalkeeper and a couple of shots that was WAY off. So yeah, England got themselves a two point lead, no need to worry since it was so late game and T & T is not offensive enough to attempt to equalize.
Wrong. T & T came along and scored a goal agst England. Fortunately, the goal was disallowed because of offside. Woohoo!
In the end, T & T couldn't attack fast enough. The match was England's. Next is Sweden.
Anyway, I watched this match with little expectations, never really heard about the T&T, so I kind of figured that they were a weak team.
Part truth.
Their defense held Sweden at 0-0, and they got a couple of good players in there. However, their offense leaves much to be desired. Frankly, I don't know what to decide. They refused to attempt to get the ball, but when they do my heart was in my mouth when they attacked. I remember checking the shots checklist, England 16 : T&T 5 at one point. All 5 of these shots were DAMN close. One of them would have scored if not for Terry and his lucky boot. One of them strikers was in a tussle with Terry and another defender, can't remember who, when the ball came their way. Robinson no where in sight. The striker nudged the ball in with his head, and would have gotten the goal when Terry stuck his foot out and cleared it out into the playing field. Eveyr England fan must have screamed with joy. Imagine the shame if T&T had the one point lead, and England did not seem anywhere near scoring any goals.
'sides from that, the match was pretty interesting, seeing the England team attack again and again... Beckham was pretty off-form early game, a couple of shots landed the ball in T&T's possession, but late game he got better. He better. Anyway, the rest of the team was pretty off form as well, Owen missed a couple of good shots, and Crouch was just too tall. In the end, they subed Rooney in to replace Owen (thank goodness) and Lennon to replace Carraghas (I think). Oike 20 mins after that, Beckham landed a cross into the penalty area and Crouch finally headed a ball in. Frankly I couldn't believe my eyes.
Rooney was still off-form, I blame his foot. However, in like 10 mins after that, England socred another goal. Can't remember if it was Gerrard or Lampard, the latter kept trying to score from the penalty area. Almost got in too, no thanks to the goalkeeper and a couple of shots that was WAY off. So yeah, England got themselves a two point lead, no need to worry since it was so late game and T & T is not offensive enough to attempt to equalize.
Wrong. T & T came along and scored a goal agst England. Fortunately, the goal was disallowed because of offside. Woohoo!
In the end, T & T couldn't attack fast enough. The match was England's. Next is Sweden.
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