COME ON ENGLAND

By Since66
June 14 2010

Robert Green shouldn't feel too lonely now as the goalkeeper who made a catastrophic error which cost his team dearly. In the battle of the also-rans in England's Group, Algeria's 'keeper Faouzi Chaouchi let slip under his body, a tame Robert Koren 25 yarder which gave Slovenia a 1-0 win and pole position at the top of Group C. England play Algeria on Friday - a game billed as 'The Battle of the Error-Prone Goalkeepers?!?!"

Friday's game is a game England MUST win, when you consider the destructive performance of the Germans last night in their 4-0 win over Australia.

Germany are potential opponents for England in the knockout stages (should both teams qualify) and the ideal scenario would be for England and Germany to win their respective groups and England to play either Serbia or Ghana instead.

Germany's victory was enhanced by the 'harsh' sending-off of Tim Cahill, but looking at the appearance of the Mexican ref, I wouldn't want to mess around with him - scary, very scary. Give the ref a pair of fangs and he would become a 'dead' ringer for Dracula.

Ghana beat Serbia with the only goal of the game coming in the last ten minutes from the penalty spot, scored by Asamoah Gyan after Zdravko Kuzmanovic handled inside the penalty area.

Can someone tell me why Kuzmanovic spent minutes protesting his innocence when everybody inside the stadium and the millions watching on telly, saw that it was a clear handball?!?!

"IT'S JUST NOT FAIR, IT'S JUST NOT FAIR."

The expression on Branislav Ivanovic's face at the final whistle suggested that 'someone' was going to get their lights punched out.


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