Fans of English football were left heart broken when England were defeated by Germany 1-4 in the round of 16 last night. Although England were not playing their best, and clearly not up to the reputation as the strongest English team for the past 44 years, but many EPL fans were still hinging high hopes for their star players such as Rooney, John Terry, Stevie G, Lampard and so on. Sadly, our own football league is not something that could be proud of and thus many of us become the hardcore supporters of MU, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and so forth.
When opening up my face-book early in the morning, there were so many remarks by my FB friends on the poor performance of the English side. Some remarked Rooney was nothing but a big fat bully, some mentioned England should have been ousted in the group stage, some said the coach was all the way wrong, wrong formation, wrong player selection, wrong strategies. Clearly, they were all disappointed, seeing their EPL heroes humiliated by a much younger and energetic Germany side.
It is too bad that England had a goal by Lampard disallowed, as the video replays again and again shown that the ball had clearly crossed the line but bounced out. What I can’t understand is that such error is still can't be avoided in the biggest sport event in the world, and with the availability of all the modern technologies. Had the score lines levelled at 2-2 at the end of the first half, there shoulf be more exciting performances by both sides in the second half but clearly, the Germans were more solid in their defense and effective in counter attacks.
Perhaps England should get Jose Mourinho to be their coach to revive any chance of lifting the FIFA World Cup Trophy again.
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