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Thursday, June 15, 2006
Better late than never
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For England, two goals in the final seven minutes yielded an underwhelming 2-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago.
The scores were exceptional, a Peter Crouch header off perfect service from David Beckham, and Stevie G’s world-class move to lose a defender and strike with his left foot. Reporteth The Guardian’s live blogger: “What an amazing goal. What an amazingly flattering result.”
Here’s a preview of the skewering to come from the rest of Fleet Street: “That was abysmal. Expect the Germany-Ecuador game to end 17-16, as both teams try to throw the game for the right to meet this utter shambles of a side.”
A side that’s moving on to the second round.
Ecuador is looking mighty, mighty good after throttling Costa Rica 3-0, advancing both the South Americans and Germany.
Tough day for CONCACAF. We got just as many teams (4) as South America. It’s a scandal, really. I’m guessing FIFA will alter the possibilities for 2010. They better.
As for team USA, it’s quite obvious the Yanks are not on the same page. Far from it. If the players and the coach still can’t agree on what happened during a game four days ago, how can they possibly be ready for Italy two days from now?
And Arena still can’t admit to anything, except under direct questioning. It’s easy to say you take responsibility — high government officials do it all the time, as a matter of course — but it’s another thing to mean it.
