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Dreadful England just edge out Andorra

September 7, 2008

All throughout the European Championships, England fans were shouting at the TVs in disgust claiming that if England had been there, they’d have won it. On this evidence, England wouldn’t have got out of the group and thoroughly deserved to not even qualify. They have the stars, they have the talent, but they just can’t play as a team.

Indeed if it wasn’t for Chelsea’s Joe Cole coming off the bench (for the second game in a row) to save England’s blushes, this could have been a disastrous result.

England dominated the game, it has to be said, but then they should have. They failed to break Andorra down and were quite justifiably booed off the field at half time with the score tied at 0-0.

When Cole was introduced at half time he made an immediate impact, scoring in the 49th minute from a Lampard free kick. Then in the 55th minute the Joe Cole show entered its next chapter, as the player scored the second of the game from a Wayne Rooney pass.

As Andorra are ranked 186th in the World, England should be winning games like this with ease, however their performance left a lot of work to do for Fabio Capello if they’re to qualify from the group and reach the World Cup in South Africa.

This was a poor performance, make no mistake.

Written by Roy · Filed Under England 


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