Saturday, August 7, 2010

FIFA World Cup 2010 : England – three lions

England was finished in round 16 when lost to Germany 1-4. England pool in Group C consists of USA, Algeria and Slovenia but struggling to take a place in round 16. In first game they draw with USA 1-1 and continuing draws with Algeria 0-0 in second game. Fortunately they win their last game over Slovenia to qualify in round 16.

During qualifiers they qualify in FIFA World Cup 2010 without predicament when finished top of Group 6 with 9 wins and 1 lose. Wayne Rooney become to scorer with 9 goals. Frank Lampard, David Beckham and Wayne Rooney are regular players with take part in over 9 matches.

England fail to show up what they have in qualifiers when in FIFA World Cup 2010 they only manage 1 win, 2 draws and 1 lose. They score only 3 goals from each of Steven Gerrard, Jermain Defoe and Matt Upson and 5 goals against.

It was 13th appearance in FIFA World Cup. The best achievement came on FIFA World Cup 1966 when win over West Germany in extra time 4-2. After that their best achievement is fourth place in FIFA World Cup 1990. In UEFA European Championship the best achievement are third place in 1968 and Semi-finals in 1996.

0 comments:

Post a Comment