There was a couple of side issues that didn't really detract from what was an excellent game of football, but are worth talking about all the same:
1)John Motson's commentary has to be the most biased you will ever find on tv. If ever anybody could insight a dislike for England and its team it is him. He has a certain rasp in his voice when stressing something that you won't find in his commentary on a normal league game, or from any other commentator for that matter. It borders on the aggressive at times and unless your English then it is really off-putting. The BBC are long overdue a shake-up in the commenary department and they could start by ditching that old to$$er before the World Cup kicks off.
2)The England finds never fail to let themselves down and tonight was no exception. The may have acted like normal human beings by curbing their hooligan tendencies outside the ground, but when inside they let their vocal chords remind us of the moronic element that exists among them. Chants of "whats it like to lose a war?" and "you'll never get the Falklands" have no place in football stadiums. They then wonder why, on occasions, they are 'picked upon' by foreign police? If they keep spewing this kind of bile out of their mouths I hope the hard hand of a few German coppers come down on them again next summer.
3)The England bench celebrated as if they'd won the WC already. Argentina played within themselves in the second half and will only begin to serve notice of their true intentions when the real deal kicks off. The English press will blow this out of all proportion tomorrow and good luck to them. The funny thing will be when it comes back to smack them in the face when England will, as always, be left trailing in the wake of others come June/July.
