Wednesday 23rd June
13st 7 lbs (it's a new record)
9 cans of Beer left
Prior to this match England had well how can I put it, stank. Algeria have just about hung on, Slovenia the only team with a win & the USA have dug in to drag themselves back to 2 draws. The final round matches mean all 4 can qualify.
Match 1 - The big game, England vrs Slovenia, well Defoe 20 minutes or so, and he shined one into the goal, and the country erupts we've finally seen a goal (well ITV HD viewers have). A better match for the England team they played as a team but then again they could only get better after Algeria. With the win England qualifed it was as simple as that & a last 16 game, and Fabio keeps his job and the flags stay on the outside of the House.
Match 2 - USA vrs Algeria, like a Hollywood blockbuster, the USA won the match and got to the last 16 @ Slovenia's expense with a goal by Landon Donovan in the 92nd minute. Other than an early chance for Algeria which hit the bar, the USA battered Algeria for most of the match, but couldn't find the break through, until yep you've guessed it, the 2nd minute of extra time.....typical, they now face Ghana, oh I'm giving it away again.
Prior to this match, like Group C all 4 teams in Group D could qualify for the final 16, though some of the teams would need to score a hat full of goals. What we also knew was who ever won or came runner up in the group could play England in the last 16.
Match 3 - Germany vrs Ghana, so these teams knew results being favourable and they could both qualify, and amazingly with a good goal from Mesut Ozil they both did! So with earlier results in Group C Germany will play England on the Sunday afternoon, and the German's will know they were kind of lucky, because after such a good start they could easily have missed out as Ghana had a number of chance to draw if not win. Here comes SUNDAY
Match 4 - Australia vrs Serbia, a 2-1 win for Australia saw them finish with 1 of each, Win, draw & loss, but the 4 points were just not enough due to the 4 conceeded against Germany in the 1st match. Australia started well and got half the goals they needed in the 1st half to be 2-0 up, they needed 4 and a German win to qualify on goal difference against Ghana. Serbia ironically finished with just 3 points bottom of the table, and beat Germany, go figure....
Again and we drink just 3 cans of beer, even on a day like today were England qualify for the last 16, but hey I've still got 6 cans of beer left.....
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