Had the third goal against Slovenia been not ruled out unfairly then they hardly needed that pin ball gall! If you overall look at this group then both the deserving sides have qualified for next round. Algeria is nowhere good for knock outs. Slovenian squad clearly had missing lot to play as a quality side except luck though. I would not say USA rules or they were going to qualify for super sixteen any way but it was the best possible result in context of this group.
vaibhav mehta added 5 Minutes and 15 Seconds later...
Yes and now they have very good chance in last sixteen. I feel England will get through semis. This is not unusual for England to make its fan suffer and then suddenly with a couple of quality games even final spot is possible. Drop Roony for at least one game to wake him up.
No, Rooney must play. He was very close to scoring a goal against Slovenia and even though he didn't he was a real pest to their defence throughout the game - he has also started running at people again.
Yes I did watch the match, I never said their passing was terrible. I said I am still not happy with their passing because they can be even better. They definitely have the quality in their players. They need to apply it more. The game with Slovenia is a start and truly hope they become even better. Like I said Germans are not going to be any push overs. England need to be better than good. They need to be phenomenal!
To beat Germany, we need to play like we did against Slovenia, but add some better finishing. Afterwards, that's when we need to step it up to 'phenomenal'
I don't think our passing could've been that much better - OK we gave the ball away a few times, but everyone does that - it's when you make a habit of it that you need to worry.
See the Ghana v Germany game? Ghana could and should've won that in my view - they had more than enough chances - as well as Lahm's handball on the line which should've resulted in a penalty and a red card. As it is, Boateng and Schweinsteiger have a good chance of missing Sunday's game - if Lahm was out as well, that would be a real blow to Germany's chances.
Above all, we need to keep Oezil quiet. If we can do that, then we have a terrific chance. I think we carry more threat than them, but we need another really good team performance. That's what was good about Slovenia - it was an all round good team performance.
Also, keep it coming Mr Beckenbauer - all you're going to do is succeed in firing up the England team even more. He clearly wasn't watching the Slovenia game if he thinks England look tired - they played with great energy, creativity and commitment on a very heavy pitch.
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