Stray Wasp
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A bit of a throwback, Panama, what with their mixture of ambitious limitations and nasty stupidity. Torres, their captain, set the tone with his alpha anger and inability to defend properly- enjoy his work on the first goal especially, where he ends up leaving the bloke he should mark to attack the ball for no logical reason, and succeeds only barging into a teammate.
Whether it's possible to praise England for that performance without being accused of being carried away I don't know. But this was a marked improvement upon their turgid past displays against so-called no-hopers. Mind, even in this game the left side of defence managed to make itself look iffy.
Apart from his nice contribution to the third goal Sterling didn't do much, but I think it would be perverse if Southgate dropped him now we've reached the stage of the tournament where England will lean on the counterattacking game that suits him.
Whether it's possible to praise England for that performance without being accused of being carried away I don't know. But this was a marked improvement upon their turgid past displays against so-called no-hopers. Mind, even in this game the left side of defence managed to make itself look iffy.
Apart from his nice contribution to the third goal Sterling didn't do much, but I think it would be perverse if Southgate dropped him now we've reached the stage of the tournament where England will lean on the counterattacking game that suits him.