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Uncle Heavy [sic] Started conversation Jun 15, 2004
who else is angry about england's horrendous 45 minute italian style capitulation?
is it just me, in the world? none of my friends or the papers agree with me...
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riotact : like a phoenix from the ashes Posted Jun 17, 2004
if you mean the second half against france, i can't agree that it was capitulation. true england really filled up the spaces in the back, but they put on some very aggressive (i don't mean just physical) pressing in midfield, and it paid off with mooney's run, by far the best english chance in open play.
keeping lots of players back is very dangerous if you just clear the ball 40 metres out and let the attacking team make run after run at you; eventually you'll crack. but if you make them work like the devil just to keep possession of the ball, they'll run out of juice, and that's what happened to france. losing was just a combination of french grit and bad luck.
if england had tried playing a dutch game, i believe france would have eaten them alive.
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