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Fifa World Cup 2006 - The England Story (FWC2006)
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James219
International Cricketer
'Shame they can't manage shoot-outs like that in reality....
Top notch story by the way- awesome stuff!
Top notch story by the way- awesome stuff!
Left_Hander
Chairman of Selectors
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Well Done England. I am not only suprised that they won the shoot-out, but I am suprised that David Beckham actually got a penalty kick.
w3lshrugby
Panel of Selectors
Hi, I know you may be busy, but when can we expect another update, personally, I don't mind if I have to wait a millenia for the update.
gamerkid22
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hondeyho
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Round of 16 Round-up
This Round of 16 was always going to be an interesting one, and it started off with the hosts Germany playing first-timers Trinidad & Tobago who almost caused a shock upset - but after 120 minutes of stalemate they were knocked out on penalties. The only other shock result was when Switzerland beat Spain 1-0, Spain once again failing to produce in the World Cup.
Results:
Germany 0 Trinidad & Tobago 0 (3-2 Penalties)
England 1 Ecuador 1 (4-3 Penalties)
Argentina 2 Mexico 0
Netherlands 0 Portugal 2
Italy 1 Brazil 1 (0-3 Penalties)
USA 2 Japan 0
Switzerland 1 Spain 0
France 2 Tunisia 1
Therefore, the Quarter-Finals look like this:
Germany vs Argentina
England vs Portugal
Brazil vs Switzerland
USA vs France
At this stage of the tournament, Michael Owen is joint top of the Goal Scorers list with 3 - but only 2 players who are on 3 goals are still in the competition with their respective countries:
So we look forward to the Quarter-Finals tommorow, where England will play Portugal - hoping to get revenge against the team which knocked them out so painfully on Penalties in Euro 2004.
England Training Report
As England play Portugal tommorow, we go over to Baden-Baden, England's base for the World Cup as we look at how the pre-match preparations are going. We were fortunate to get a word with Sven-Goran Erikkson:
Sven defends Beckham
Q. David Beckham has been criticized lately for his poor set-pieces, will you get someone else to take them if he fails to do well?
Sven: Yes, of course I will. But David is a strong lad and we all know he wants to do well and lead England out with pride. He has been practising his free-kicks and corners like crazy over the past couple of days, he will succeed for sure.
Beckham has been below-par with his corners
Penalties still important
Q. You have proved that England can take penalties under pressure, is your focus now off this?
Sven: No, of course not - penalty kicks are still important and they will be a regular in our training sessions. We weren't lucky against Ecuador, we did well - but teams like Germany and Portugal have World-Class Keepers who can save penalties with ease.
Penalty practise, although we hope it won't come to that again
Robinson is World-Class in my opinion
Q. Paul Robinson seems to be under a lot of pressure and despite some heroic saves, he has made a fair-few mistakes, what is your view on him?
Sven: In my opinion, Robinson is a World-Class keeper. He saved two penalties against Ecuador which won us the match - he has let a few past him but it's perhaps not his fault - defensive errors are very costly.
Robinson tests out his reflexes
Q & A
Now from our view we can tell you what is really going on in the England Camp, and answer some questions which you may want to know.
Q. Is Wayne Rooney fit?
He's not at the top of his game if you're asking, but he is striking the ball with a lot of accuracy at the moment - good news for England fans and against Portugal he will be a major threat.
Q. Any injuries going into the game?
Nope, everyone is 100% fit going into tommorow's game, and relations between the players couldn't be better.
If you have any more questions you wish to be answered then please write back.
This Round of 16 was always going to be an interesting one, and it started off with the hosts Germany playing first-timers Trinidad & Tobago who almost caused a shock upset - but after 120 minutes of stalemate they were knocked out on penalties. The only other shock result was when Switzerland beat Spain 1-0, Spain once again failing to produce in the World Cup.
Results:
Germany 0 Trinidad & Tobago 0 (3-2 Penalties)
England 1 Ecuador 1 (4-3 Penalties)
Argentina 2 Mexico 0
Netherlands 0 Portugal 2
Italy 1 Brazil 1 (0-3 Penalties)
USA 2 Japan 0
Switzerland 1 Spain 0
France 2 Tunisia 1
Therefore, the Quarter-Finals look like this:
Germany vs Argentina
England vs Portugal
Brazil vs Switzerland
USA vs France
At this stage of the tournament, Michael Owen is joint top of the Goal Scorers list with 3 - but only 2 players who are on 3 goals are still in the competition with their respective countries:
So we look forward to the Quarter-Finals tommorow, where England will play Portugal - hoping to get revenge against the team which knocked them out so painfully on Penalties in Euro 2004.
England Training Report
As England play Portugal tommorow, we go over to Baden-Baden, England's base for the World Cup as we look at how the pre-match preparations are going. We were fortunate to get a word with Sven-Goran Erikkson:
Sven defends Beckham
Q. David Beckham has been criticized lately for his poor set-pieces, will you get someone else to take them if he fails to do well?
Sven: Yes, of course I will. But David is a strong lad and we all know he wants to do well and lead England out with pride. He has been practising his free-kicks and corners like crazy over the past couple of days, he will succeed for sure.
Beckham has been below-par with his corners
Penalties still important
Q. You have proved that England can take penalties under pressure, is your focus now off this?
Sven: No, of course not - penalty kicks are still important and they will be a regular in our training sessions. We weren't lucky against Ecuador, we did well - but teams like Germany and Portugal have World-Class Keepers who can save penalties with ease.
Penalty practise, although we hope it won't come to that again
Robinson is World-Class in my opinion
Q. Paul Robinson seems to be under a lot of pressure and despite some heroic saves, he has made a fair-few mistakes, what is your view on him?
Sven: In my opinion, Robinson is a World-Class keeper. He saved two penalties against Ecuador which won us the match - he has let a few past him but it's perhaps not his fault - defensive errors are very costly.
Robinson tests out his reflexes
Q & A
Now from our view we can tell you what is really going on in the England Camp, and answer some questions which you may want to know.
Q. Is Wayne Rooney fit?
He's not at the top of his game if you're asking, but he is striking the ball with a lot of accuracy at the moment - good news for England fans and against Portugal he will be a major threat.
Q. Any injuries going into the game?
Nope, everyone is 100% fit going into tommorow's game, and relations between the players couldn't be better.
If you have any more questions you wish to be answered then please write back.
hassan
International Coach
Good detailed interview
m_vaughan
Chairman of Selectors
Ah, with Spain out, do you fancy England's chances of going all the way?hondeyho said:Any questions going into tommorow's match? If there are my 'training spy' will be glad to answer them
hondeyho
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m_vaughan said:
Sven certainly does, he stated in an earlier press-conference that England will play a match of football on July 9th.
I have played the match but not able to upload it at the moment for reasons of how much time I have - but I will post it up here tonight for sure
cric_craze
Club Cricketer
great interview.......keep ths up
hondeyho
International Cricketer
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First-Half Report
England could get into the Semi-Finals with this match, the joint best they've done since 66. They are also seeking revenge as Portugal knocked them out - also in the Quarter-Finals of Euro 2004, that one went to penalties, we hope this one won't.
Here is the England line-up, Sven with his predictable 4-4-2.
3rd Minute: Cole on the left gets a cross in, Rooney gets a header away it's beaten Ricardo but it just skims the crossbar.
Close but no cigar, Rooney gets the first chance of the game
8th Minute: England try to play the offside trap, it doesn't work and Pauleta is clean through and he unleashes a powerful shot from a tight angle - easy save for Robinson though.
11th Minute: Pauleta clean through again but the England defenders close him off and the final shot is blocked.
21st Minute: Out of nowhere Tiago gets a shot in and with a brilliant one-handed save, Robinson pushes it round the post.
31st Minute: Good build-up play as Owen dashes through but his shoot is high and wide.
40th Minute: Owen has a go from far out again but still misses.
45th Minute: Two corners in a row, the second one results in Frank Lampard getting his head to it, but again it's over.
HALF-TIME
Well England simply aren't clinical enough with their finishing, it's as simple in some cases of putting it in the back of the net but they struggle to do so. Owen seems to be getting frustrated upfront - just better hope it doesn't get to his head.
Steven Gerrard tries to suss out the problem.
England could get into the Semi-Finals with this match, the joint best they've done since 66. They are also seeking revenge as Portugal knocked them out - also in the Quarter-Finals of Euro 2004, that one went to penalties, we hope this one won't.
Here is the England line-up, Sven with his predictable 4-4-2.
3rd Minute: Cole on the left gets a cross in, Rooney gets a header away it's beaten Ricardo but it just skims the crossbar.
Close but no cigar, Rooney gets the first chance of the game
8th Minute: England try to play the offside trap, it doesn't work and Pauleta is clean through and he unleashes a powerful shot from a tight angle - easy save for Robinson though.
11th Minute: Pauleta clean through again but the England defenders close him off and the final shot is blocked.
21st Minute: Out of nowhere Tiago gets a shot in and with a brilliant one-handed save, Robinson pushes it round the post.
31st Minute: Good build-up play as Owen dashes through but his shoot is high and wide.
40th Minute: Owen has a go from far out again but still misses.
45th Minute: Two corners in a row, the second one results in Frank Lampard getting his head to it, but again it's over.
HALF-TIME
Well England simply aren't clinical enough with their finishing, it's as simple in some cases of putting it in the back of the net but they struggle to do so. Owen seems to be getting frustrated upfront - just better hope it doesn't get to his head.
Steven Gerrard tries to suss out the problem.
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