Great game. I think it's fair to say that England were the better team, even though I thought Lampard and Rooney were quiet and Carragher at the back looked a major liability. Altidore for the US was impressive and looks likely to get some goals further into the tournament, and Landon Donovan was typically very good. The USA pretty much confirmed what I already thought about them: organised and competitive but lacking that real class element.
The UK's media are bound to focus on Green's mistake but those things just happen. The defence in general are a far bigger worry, especially as King looks unfit and the likelihood is that Carragher's gonna be replacing him more often than not.
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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
re: well organized-- no team starts at 100% though, except those that have no hope-- it's not like argentina needed to play at their max at this point.
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I agree with that but part of why I thought it was a weird match was that Argentina did look like they had another gear (or two) in reserve, but that the way they seemed to be playing made me wonder if they could get into them. They'll always get goals but something I've always loved about Argentina has been their solidity and they just don't seem to have that at all. I think they'll get to the quarters but against a genuinely strong team I think that fragility will be theirt undoing.