Let's not all get carried away (I know this will fall upon deaf ears) England did pretty well yesterday against France. This was the same France side that I have stuck money on to win the whole competition and that are 20+ games unbeaten. Well done England! Problem is, despite saying that nobody expects anything from England this year (rightly so), I still see in the media adverts where Terry Venables talks of us being "contenders" and Alan Shearer saying how we have an outside chance. I will reserve further, potentially scathing comments, til the end of the group stage, so far so good. I watched the game yesterday in a pub that I always try and watch England games in, with some old (and new) friends. Normally we've been very lucky when we go there to watch England in major international tournaments, in the fact that the weather is scorchingly hot and we can enjoy the big beer garden they have which is accompanied with a TV and BBQ. Yesterday things were different, much like Roy's England team, it was the most miserable June day ever, meaning we had to swap the big screen and BBQ in the sun for a couch inside. This did however give us a chance to earwig to chavs having a domestic in the pub at about 3pm (as you do), apparently the man whose voice bore a resemblance to that of Ozzy Osbourne had been sleeping around with Ladies of the night, much to the obvious disgust of his female partner, who also spoke in a manner similar to Mr Osbourne (nice lady). This incident aside the whole day, although enjoyable, was a little disappointing due to the weather, about as disappointing as seeing Jordan Henderson come on for the last few minutes of the game (some people in the pub booed).
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| Not bad for a flop |
The second game of the day, and last of the first round of matches, involved co-hosts Ukraine. I didn't hold much hope for them doing anything in this tournament, which means they won of course, they and Sweden capped a first round of matches that I have found thoroughly entertaining from throughout. Zlatan scored again to put the Swedes ahead, although it counted for nothing in the end as Chelsea "flop"/General Legend anywhere else, Andriy Shevchenko scored twice to win the game for the host nation. Another good game and the big debate that came out of it was, although the consensus amongst my friends (not all friends, just schooled ones) is that Ibrahimovic is a good player, would you buy him if you were building a team? I'm 50/50 on the whole thing.
Day 4 Summary
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| In Roy (with an 'R') we trust, to an extent... |
There are multiple heroes again, Roy Hodgson needs to be given credit for the way England played. They didn't just resort to kick and rush (although they were fairly direct) and troubled France throughout the first half. Well done England! Andriy Shevchenko is the other hero, I gave his country little hope of registering a win this tournament and most certainly didn't think he'd be among the goals. He scored two very good headers and showed very good strikers instinct.
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| The familiar sight of Zlatan celebrating a goal, would he add value to your team though? |
Anyone who talks about 1966 or mentions England winning this years European World Cup, calm down it was a decent performance but there is a lot of room for improvement. Zlatan-bashers are also villains, how many more times does he have to do it for you to believe in him?? Oh and Ozzy Osbourne (the male one) from down the pub, why would you cheat on your lovely, fellow Ozzy Osbourne sounding, Mrs with a prostitute?!? Shame on you!
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| It's been a goalfest, especially with regards to headers |
All four teams to score. I'm telling you all now, if this tournament carries on in the same manner that will be a very good bet. It's happened every day except Day 3!
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