Well they did it and in some style. I stick by everything I have said before but it was nice to see the England we know and love - and just occasionally get a rare glimpse of - back yesterday in some style. The team played with commitment and power and deservedly won, although they should have scored many more goals. They even managed to cope with the dead weight of Wayne Rooney at the front ('a player of Brazilian ability', 'when he finds his form he'll show them', etc, etc, ad nauseaum). Seriously, how utterly cr@p does Rooney have to be to come off? I imagine that if he dropped dead, Capello would still play him up front. Jermain Defoe played him off the pitch. As for Peter Crouch, he scores goals. Isn't that what football players are supposed to do?
Anyway, let's hope this performance wasn't a flash in the pan. Let us not forget that this was Slovenia we were playing. Germany will be much, much tougher but would you wish for any other fixture to get your heart racing and your vocal cords straining? And if we win, the prospect of rubbing Maradona's nose in it must be enticing. Argentina are great - possibly the best team in this tournament - but you'd have to bet on England to really want to win that one. It is likely to be a 5 star classic so here's to the most difficult draw available. Football is a spectacle and the most spectacular fixture of all is coming up on Sunday.
Come on England.
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