Bloody hell. Staying up till 2:45am, drinking E10 pints to settle the nerves, and then that!
Strange game though. One - maybe two - freak goals (yeah, there was so much space for the first one, but still, as Real Ale said, try heading like that getting up off your knees again) and a goal I'd be interested on the offside implications of. Add in a clear penalty for us and yet...we got what we deserved overall. So far behind Croatia it wasn't funny. And to cap it all off, Italy played really well against Spain. I think we've actually got more of a chance against Spain than Italy; Spain are still the same ticky-tacky-crap side who'll have 82% of possession, complete 97% of passes and have two shots on target. Really, really frustrating side to watch because they could be unbelievable. But without Villa, they're a different proposition altogether.
Hard to see anything other than a couple of goal defeats in the next two games as well. But may as well enjoy them, cos it's going to be a long time till we're back at a major finals.
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