England England England, its now like a mantra, get to quarter finals by playing poorly, get a player sent off and defend heroically and lose on penalties. It saves face for prior abject displays but we have done nothing to deserve going further in the competition. Rooney stomping on somene's nuts is a red card offence so i dont see what the argument is there. Too many so called big players did not play very well and ironically the player that got the most stick simply cos he does not play in the premiership was our best player. its quite pathetic listening to so called experts almost always over praising a player just because he is in the premiership like Henry , the simplest thing he does, like csore against South Korea or Togo is made to look like he beat 7 players before he scored to the way they are fawining over Ballack just because he is now a premiership player. Venables even said England played well in the first half against Portugal but if it was Italy that put up that performance they will be scathing in theri attacks.
Great to see Zidane put up a virtuoso performance against Brazil and would it not be ironic if he wins world player of the year agin and retires for good.
Is it just me or is Henry just above ordinary when he plays for France?