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I disagree Mark.

Then you go on to say essentially the same thing as me. :puzzled

I said England played well. We're not as good as France but we kept them out. Sheer stupidity in the final minutes cost us. You are weird. :weirdo

The manner of the defeat is worrying. If you can't concentrate in the final minutes against a team like France you're asking to be punished. Heskey and Gerrard have no excuses, what they did was stupid. I'd also like to blame James because Zidane's free kick wasn't a stroke of genius. Nerves of steel, but it was at a nice height, and James was badly positioned and actually jumped in the wrong direction just before Zidane stuck the goal, hence, was wrongfooted.

The first half was a quality performance, pretty much even-par with France, knocking the ball assuredly especially in midfield. The second half showed some good defending keeping France at arms length, but we defended too deep, allowing France to take pot-shots, but credit to England, that's all France could do.

However, it's the utter wank at the end of the game which will make this match memorable. Utterly wank it was. Worthy of Tottenham.


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