I would have liked to have seen him score, but his presence certainly galvanised the team!Nope, that was another good game. I thought Japan were in control until Drogba come on. As soon as he came on Japan shat themselves
No, it was only early evening here…but you never emailed me to say you were staying up we could have had a night cap...
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I recorded the game and watched it at 8am. I thought Cote D'Ivoire were always likely to score. They seemed to force the issue too much though which means they'll probably come unstuck against better opponents.
Our passing accuracy was 2nd best so far I believe. I think it was more due to the fact that pressing for 90 minutes was going to knacker the players in that heat. Italy barley pressed us either.
Yes, underlined by Pirlo's "Accurate Passes" very nearly equalling Gerrard+Henderson combined total -- and Pirlo+de Rossi together almost doubled the England duo's contribution.
And just how good pirlo is! Honestly I was laughing at how good he was yesterday. He just makes it look so easy and is always at least one step ahead of everyone else. He knows what pass he is going to make before he even has the ball
That is true, but we were behind for the majority of the game and Italy had no reason to press up and attempt to cut out passes until we got to the edge of the box, while we seemed content to let Pirlo literally walk around the field for long periods of the game just playing 1-2's with anyone he felt like as the minutes slipped away.
Look in the dictionary for the word "Hypocrite" bet your bottom dollar in the meaning it will say "The British press"
Could have done with Ledley King more like.
