I thought we had a number of good spells throughout, we were just missing that final ball. Also, with Carty often moving to the wing and coming deep regularly (and doing well at times, in fairness), we were lacking a fixed target up front... oh how we could have done with Parrott. We were a little slow out of the blocks in both halves but when we got into our stride, we played some good stuff, with Hodge, McCann, Ebosele, Carty, McEvoy and Everitt all showing an ability to take on opponents and some nice link-up play - although I will concede that it was more controlled and low-risk when the game was scoreless, which is natural. Obviously when we were a goal down with fifteen minutes left, it was time to push more bodies forward and take more risks and happily it paid off, which was deserved. But the lads will definitely have to raise their game to beat Belgium.
Side note: I thought Bazunu looked commanding when crosses came in... but also, did you see that throw in the second half? Right into the Czechs' half and ran right through to their keeper before Ebosele could catch up... I can see him getting a few assists with that weapon.
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