England Suffer Disappointing Draw as Germany Humbled

Published : June 19, 2010 :: 14:06:56 [ 1,310 views ]

England Suffer Disappointing Draw as Germany Humbled

England suffered their second disappointing draw of the 2010 World Cup campaign whilst a 10-man Germany was stunned in their loss to European middleweights Serbia. In the third match of the night a determined Slovenia were unlucky to draw against the USA.

South Africa, the 18^th of June 2010 [PDN]: England must now beat Slovenia in their final Group C match to guarantee themselves a place in the last 16, after Fabio Capello’s side drew 0-0 with Algeria in a dire match in Cape Town on Friday night.

England toiled hard for most of a forgettable 90 minutes, but eventual failed to break down a resolute Algerian defence, dependent on putting men behind the ball and striking via ineffective counter-attacks. England’s best chance of the match fell to Frank Lampard on 32 minutes when a long range drive was deftly touched round the post by the Algerian keeper.

The United States staged a second half-fight back to deny European minnows Slovenia a deserved victory. Entering the break 2-0 down, the USA struck back in a resurgent performance, ending the tie in a 2-2 draw. Had Slovenia succeeded they would have become the first team to qualify for the second round following the result between group rivals England and Algeria.

Valter Birsa gave the Slovenians a 13th minute lead before Zlatan Ljubijankic extended the advantage putting the unfavoured Europeans in a commanding 2-0 lead going into the break. Landon Donovan reduced the deficit three minutes after the interval and Michael Bradley equalised eight minutes from time in what must surely have been the result of a half-time dressing down by the USA coach.

In yet another upset involving a tournament favourite, Germany went down to Serbia in their second match of Group D which also includes the likes of Australia and Ghana. Miroslav Klose was sent off and Lukas Podolski missed a penalty as Germany failed to match their 4-0 disposal of the Australian side in their opening match.

The game really only came alive after the 36th minute dismissal of Klose for his second bookable offence, within two minutes Milan Jovanovic had given Serbia the lead which they took into half-time. Podolski then missed a second-half penalty which saw Germany never really push to force an equaliser. The group is now left wide open with three teams on 3-points and Australia on 0 ahead of their match with Ghana tonight.

Tonight’s matches include and entertaining matchup between top of Group E sides Netherlands and Japan, whilst the bottom two teams Cameroon and Denmark also face off at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria. Also Australia will face Ghana in their second match of Group D in Rustenburg.

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Comments

aussiebkk

said :

This World Cup has been marketed & endorsed to death by FIFA.Its literally a criminal offence to consume a product not under the FIFA banner. Its basically knocked the stuffing out of the tournament.I havent watched any of it but the sports writers are saying its the most uneventful World Cup in memory.Boring no-scoring soccer. 0-0 draw. Boring

Email : unibkk@hotmail.com Date : 2010-06-21 09:58:32

Bob

said :

Maybe it's the World recession or just the lack of tourists in Thailand now, but somehow this World Cup does not seem nearly as exciting or fun as the last one was. I remember last time all the bars full of people excitingly watching and cheering, and I've seen little of that this time. I am no sports fan, but it was hard to keep from getting caught up in the excitement of the last WC, this time it's just a whimper.

Email : Bob@toobad.com Date : 2010-06-20 09:50:12

Motorcycle guy

said :

A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.

Email : motofreak1985@yahoo.com Date : 2010-06-19 23:34:26

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