LIVE: ENGLAND-URUGUAY (Second Half)
(That was a good bowl of soup — Progresso Italian Wedding with little meatballs and noodles!)
Subs: King for Terry, Jenas for Gerrard
And Uruguay changes keepers
46:10 — Uruguay has defended the long ball well, but Jenas seems not to have noticed
47:00 — good long bender from Carrick to create corner
47:30 — Rooney finally has a go: corner
51:10 — Jenas taken down from behind at the 25-yard line, but as he was dithering with the ball the ref is apathetic
With the various injuries and Terry being rested, the middle and back third for England make me anxious
53:30 — as if on cue, Forlan dances 30 yards without so much as a harsh glance to stop him
55:00 — another instance of insane uruguayan defending goes unremarked by the ref as somebody climbs someone else’s back just outside the box
Crouchie and Wright-Phillips warming up
Sam Allardyce bored in the stands — he yawns like a hippo
57:30 — Now Bent is pressing — second offside in about 4 minutes
59:00 — Uruguay getting a lot more run of the ball and forcing Robinson to act
59:10 — almost every touch by Rio is an adventure
60:30 — another well-developed push by Uruguary results in a diving stop by Robinson
61:30 — Rooney has to fight like a dog to stop another push from Uruguay
61:50 — counterattack — and finally Joe Cole creates a chance by being brought down in a close area
62:40 — let’s call it 30 yards — Becks scorches it low and it goes wide left
SUBS; S W-P for Becks, Crouch for Rooney — Crouch’s shirt has two different numbers on it: nothing like playing for a top-flight organization
64:00 — the subs contribute straight-away — Crouch draws a free kick and SWP creates a cross with a run down the right side
66:30 — the linesman and a Uruguayan play footsie with the placement of the ball before a corner kick: charming
67:20 — that second corner nearly did England in… If John Terry isn’t healthy for Germany, it could be a short tournament
68:00 — Uruguayan captain cautioned after a rough tackle on Joe Cole — both captains are in the book
69:00 — nice series of passes, but England never get inside the box and SWP coughs it away
70:30 — SWP does a briliant job bringing the ball up along the right touch line and crossing in just at the corner, but nothing comes of it
73:00 — Bent still shows some impressive pace, but it’s mostly whilst running into the corner away from the goal
GOALLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Joe Cole crosses beautifully to Crouch!!!!!! Nice ball out of the back (King?) then Cole crossed perfectly and Crouch got well into the air and smashed it!!!! How nice for him to do it at Anfield!
75:10 — and then Crouch almost returns the courtesy to Cole with a nice ball forward that Cole can’t make a goal of in a crowded box
76:10 — the complexion of the game has changed — Jenas with a promising free kick
78:30 — Ruggiero — the guy who tried to cheat with the corner kick — now flops on the ground blunting an English attack clear across the pitch: twat
79:40 — SWP to Neville to Bent — nearly!
England are having much more initiative
Jermaine Defoe suited up and ready to enter
Another booking for somebody hacking Cole. That’s Cole’s game — he gets the dander up in opponents and they start to make mistakes.
SUB; Defoe for Bent — Bent showed plenty of pace but not quite the purpose you;d like to see
82:30 — SWP brought down and for once the ref calls it
Ruggiero is off and the Forlan gets a yellow for lipping off to the ref during the switch
83:40 — Cole is fouled again
84:40 — Cole has another nice balll into the box, but unfortunately it’s to Rio, who tries to roll it into a spliff and gives it away
85:00 — England’s younger players are creating chances with steals and pushes forward; corner — and Rio knocks somebody down to make what point I can’t say….
87:00 — given enough extra time, England will score again
87:10 — Carragher booked for senseless foul and the announcer correctly diagnoses it as a potential red
This has become a chippy, feisty game
88:00 — SWP continues to devour the left fullback in gulps and gets folks angry at him — and now Crouch comes in to fight in defense of his wee mate SWP
With less than two minutes in regulation time the game has become a shove-fest
It occurs to me that Crouch is so tall that his every infraction looks enormous to refs
Uruguay brings in a sub at 90:05 — classy move from the caretaker manager
4 mins of stoppage time
91:30 — oneof Robinson’s very few touches since the half
92:20 — A final push from SWP into the box but no result
GOOOOOALLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!! Joe Cole on a beautiful short chip at the near post on a cross from SWP!!!!! Absolutely deserving result and just the players to have created it!!!!
A winner, surely in the 93rd minute!
FULL TIME!!!!!!!
Impressive turn around from 1-0 down in the 75th minute!
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Great finish. I like your prediction “87:00 — given enough extra time, England will score again.”
So true
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Hey, I did say that, didn’t I???
Shawn for England!!!!!
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good work sir.
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