World Cup 2006 - England Wins, Unconvincingly
25 06 2006England 1 Ecuador 0. The good news: England is through to the quarter final. They’ve done the job.
The bad news, the worrying news is that their game was still unconvincing, their performance lacklustre. In fact of the two teams, Ecuador put on the best performance with a defence that kept England at bay for all the first half. I find myself wondering “what if they hadn’t had that free-kick?” David Beckham’s goal from that free-kick saved England’s bacon and took them through to the quarter final.
By far one of the worst matches of this World Cup, but England is through and will meet the Dutch later in the week. England will have to ratchet up their performance if they want to stay in the contest.
Edit: I appear to be getting a little ahead of myself as far as who England is playing next. Let's see how good my early predictions turn out to be!
Edit: I was getting ahead of myself! It will be England v Portugal.
Agreed. Not very convincing though they won. But I really must admit that Beckham’s freekick is one of the best in the world.
Yes, cannot fault Beckham’s free kick. It was excellent. I’m just so glad he had the opportunity to make it.