Could England win the World Cup, without spectacular performances?
The Guardians man in Baden Baden writes....
"Football may have become an entertainment, even an art form, but it started as a contest between, and for the sole benefit of, two teams of 11 players.
Some of us choose to criticise a team who, since arriving in Germany, have won 3 of their 4 games and drawn the other. This is a performance as impressive, in statistical terms, as their predecessors of 1966 managed on their way to English footballs finest hour. As Sir Geoff Hurst pointed out this week, they were booed by sections of the crowd after their opening match, a goaless draw with Uruguay, and were torn apart in the press.
It could be that Englands ambitions will be achieved without further spectacular goals fom Cole or Rooney....or evidence that Lampard and Gerrard have finally found a way to play together. Without, in fact, the team managing to do anything other than win their matches.
In football....the result is everything."
"Football may have become an entertainment, even an art form, but it started as a contest between, and for the sole benefit of, two teams of 11 players.
Some of us choose to criticise a team who, since arriving in Germany, have won 3 of their 4 games and drawn the other. This is a performance as impressive, in statistical terms, as their predecessors of 1966 managed on their way to English footballs finest hour. As Sir Geoff Hurst pointed out this week, they were booed by sections of the crowd after their opening match, a goaless draw with Uruguay, and were torn apart in the press.
It could be that Englands ambitions will be achieved without further spectacular goals fom Cole or Rooney....or evidence that Lampard and Gerrard have finally found a way to play together. Without, in fact, the team managing to do anything other than win their matches.
In football....the result is everything."
posted by Jill at 7:14 pm
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