England 2Gerrard (51)
Beckham (62)
Azerbaijan 0Attendance :: St James's Park 49,046
So because Poland beat Azerbaijan 8-0, the press went all gooey and started talking of 10-0 scorelines and Owen getting 5 goals in the game.
England beat Azerbaijan 1-0 away win the previous meeting on a blustery day, seems to me 2-0 at home after creating nion a million chances is good enough.
I thought Beckham reacted to the criticism of his previous performances for England with a man of the match performance. Seems Beckham gets motivated by criticism ~ maybe he should get had a go at all the time then? Oh, he does anyway, right.
Owen is getting hammered now, because he never scored. I admit Owen does'nt go past people anymore, but he can and will again. The more rest he gets at Real Madrid, the better it will be for England in the long run. Owen has been dreadfully overplayed since he was 18. I notice care has been taken not to do so with Rooney, which is a good thing.
Robinson made a decent save or maybe it was two. Ashley Cole got forward well, Gerrard played quite well. Everyone pretty much played well, but we never got a hatful, so it was a failure and the talk of England winning the world cup easily next time round has died down again.
Gosh.
I can take no more.
England V Azerbaijan links below.
England V Azerbaijan Live Minute By MinuteEngland 2 Azerbaijan 0 Official Match ReportEngland Post Match ReactionEngland AnalysisGroup 6 Table
Posted at 11:35 PM, Saturday, April 02, 2005