So last night I watched the friendly game between England and Jamaica, which will be the last warm up game before England’s World Cup campaign start on June 10th against Paraguay. England has trashed Jamaica 6-0, but still there are some weaknesses shown from the game. The defense is still poor, and they were lucky not conceding a goal, but against a top team, will be a different story. The partnership of Michael Owen and Peter Crouch seem to click on with 4 goals between the two of them and Peter Crouch has scored a hat- trick. I guess Peter Crouch has justified his inclusion in starting line-up with the great performance. Hopefully he will continue his form when the World Cup starts in less than a week.
I think that Sven Goran Eriksson will not change the team, and will stick with the formation he used right now, 4-4-2. Even without Rooney, England team can go further in the tournament, if they believe in their ability and not afraid on going forward.
Probable Line-Up against Paraguay: Defenders(Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Ashley Cole); Midfielders(David Beckham,Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole); Strikers(Michael Owen, Peter Crouch).
During the World Cup, I’ll try to blog as much as I can about England’s adventure in the tournament. Is there any comments/suggestions, please write in. Thank you, and have a good day.
Mclaren in 2007. Alonso said he needs a new challenge, to try winning the championship in a new car, new environment. Kudos to him for taking a brave decision and not the easy way.