Cabby John 1 wrote:
I only watched the first half of the England game ( I was going out), I was very impressed. They were unlucky to go in 1-0 down from a shot the keeper would have normally stopped, having said that the German side were unlucky to have their goal disallowed for off side (it was not). The bottom line being is that England showed individual skills with players willing to take on the opposing defence, as opposed to pass,pass,pass of yesterday. When they did have to pass their way out of situations the team played accurately and calmly, from that came a more direct attack on the German defence, also for the first time in god knows how many years - they did not play with fear in their game. Generally a side that scores lots of goals, tend to leak a few at the back, and with the tactical formation that England played, then that might just be the reason that they looked a bit fragile in defence
I did not see the second half, however scoring 3 goals tells me that it cannot have been all one way for the German side.
To beat the German side at any time is a big achievement - to do it in their backyard = sit up and take notice!
And to do it without the so-called big guns and big earners in the team makes it even better. I bet Rooney and crew were sitting at home watching it taking a long hard look at themselves.