(contd.)Hodgson must understand that Sturridege is their best bet –best dribbler who looked quickest among the 22 players. So logically Sturridge has to be in front of opponent goal to have the max chance for shot at goal ! Sterling and Baines were the other two who looked best for creating the opening and feeding Sturridge and Wayne Rooney, with the latter hardly getting the ball from others. One pass Rooney got he turned into a brilliant cross for Sturridege to tap it into Goal to get the equalizer ! Rooney has to be used more productively for sure and Gerrard too needs to perk up and learn from Pirlo whether it is taking the free kicks or getting best out of his boys! Should the young E-side fail to beat Uruguay then they don’t deserve to be in the next round anyway.Other inportanrt news from Brasilia ? Even as there is a galore of Goals by substitutes of all form and shape our Desi TV channels are going gaga over one goal by the greatest footballer on the planet! Then of course you have to-day’s lipsmacking match of Ronaldo Vs Bayern Munich!And believe it or not at 9.30 PM IST ! But power ? Will you Anilbhai have mercy on us Delhiites pl ?
While Italy deservedly pocketed their 3 points it is tempting to conclude that with Uruguay losing Eng are better placed in the group of death.Besides the young English are looking far better side than what they were in 2010 in SA. In fact the way the young English side went about playing a fast paced attacking game they could as well have pulled off a draw if not a win against the classy Italy. As expected Pirlo was the master tactician slowing down and unsettling the fast paced Englishmen with occasional serving of sudden fury of Balloteli !Even the first goal of a scorcher of a shot by Marchisio through a wall of English legs was a set up of the old wizard! So if the English have to make it to the next round then Hodgson and Gerrard will have to be at their tactical best besides getting the basics right. Can Eng afford to hit wide off the Goal as many shots as they did ? Can they just afford to waste corner kicks the way they did ? It is simply shocking to see Players of English league taking corner kicks, all of 9 in nos that would put even street football to shame! Corner kicks are to be treated like “precious gold dust” and are as good as half penalty kicks !Eng better get the fundamentals right !
italy has same style play as previous world cups. very consistent.will go long way as strong in defence and scoring. england as usual,dont know what they are doing.
