Like It Is

Sweden 2 England 2. England needed just a draw to go through, and really they were playing for the draw. Why work harder than you need to seemed to be their game plan.  More importantly they will now play Ecuador instead of Germany, which must be a huge relief.  Not too sure they should breathe easy just yet though, given their second half action today.

Buoyed up by a fantastic goal from Joe Cole, England was the dominant team in the first half. But after the break they seemed to get tired and were suddenly all over the place. Total control? Gone. Zero. They were struggling. If they play like they did this second half they won’t even beat Ecuador.

England have never beaten Sweden, not since May 22 1968. Looks like they will never beat them now.

Sweden, coming forward as the underdog in today’s match, will be more than pleased.