World Cup Blog.....Day 2.....Englands dream begins !
ENGLAND 1-0 PARAGUAY
England got their FIFA World Cup™ campaign off to a winning start in Frankfurt with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Paraguay on Saturday, 11 June 2006.
However, they did not have their own way against the South Americans, who gave Sven-Goran Eriksson’s men some nervous moments during the 90 minutes.
The only goal of the game came in the third minute when David Beckham’s free-kick skimmed off the head of Carlos Gamarra and into the net.
England bit lucky to get all 3 points in this one, looked very jaded and tired in the 2nd half and we were hanging on at the final whistle. But 3 points is a great start it can only get better.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 0-0 SWEDEN
An amazing match in Dortmund saw FIFA World Cup™ debutants Trinidad and Tobago hold Sweden to a goalless draw on Saturday, 10 June 2006.
An injury to the Soca Warriors' first-choice goalkeeper Kelvin Jack shortly before kick-off gave West Ham United's Shaka Hislop a chance to shine on the world's biggest stage. Hislop did that - and more - as the 37-year-old pulled off a string of superb saves to deny Ibrahimovic, Larsson and Co.
The final scoreline was made all the more incredible as Trinidad and Tobago, ranked 47th in the world, compared to Sweden's 16, had Avery John sent off in the 46th minute for two bookable offences.
So it was off to the Crofters to watch this one, met all the lads down there at 1pm, had a nice lie in after the jet lag of the day before, a scorcher of a day in Bolton was followed by beer, chants of "10 German Bombers" "Aye Aye Ippy, The Germans Bombed Our Chippy", rubber burgers and then off to Ady's for a bbq which lasted long into the night, with everybody whos everybody being there, actually me and Neil left around 4am from Ady's, a top day all round and great fun with the Joes, Good to be home !
Didnt really much of the other 2 games today , didnt care i was with my Joes having a grand old time, saw Rio's World Cup Windups later on on ITV, that was funny , set ups inc Becks, Crouch, Gary Nev and Rooney !
England got their FIFA World Cup™ campaign off to a winning start in Frankfurt with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Paraguay on Saturday, 11 June 2006. However, they did not have their own way against the South Americans, who gave Sven-Goran Eriksson’s men some nervous moments during the 90 minutes.
The only goal of the game came in the third minute when David Beckham’s free-kick skimmed off the head of Carlos Gamarra and into the net.
England bit lucky to get all 3 points in this one, looked very jaded and tired in the 2nd half and we were hanging on at the final whistle. But 3 points is a great start it can only get better.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 0-0 SWEDEN
An amazing match in Dortmund saw FIFA World Cup™ debutants Trinidad and Tobago hold Sweden to a goalless draw on Saturday, 10 June 2006. An injury to the Soca Warriors' first-choice goalkeeper Kelvin Jack shortly before kick-off gave West Ham United's Shaka Hislop a chance to shine on the world's biggest stage. Hislop did that - and more - as the 37-year-old pulled off a string of superb saves to deny Ibrahimovic, Larsson and Co.
The final scoreline was made all the more incredible as Trinidad and Tobago, ranked 47th in the world, compared to Sweden's 16, had Avery John sent off in the 46th minute for two bookable offences.
So it was off to the Crofters to watch this one, met all the lads down there at 1pm, had a nice lie in after the jet lag of the day before, a scorcher of a day in Bolton was followed by beer, chants of "10 German Bombers" "Aye Aye Ippy, The Germans Bombed Our Chippy", rubber burgers and then off to Ady's for a bbq which lasted long into the night, with everybody whos everybody being there, actually me and Neil left around 4am from Ady's, a top day all round and great fun with the Joes, Good to be home !
Didnt really much of the other 2 games today , didnt care i was with my Joes having a grand old time, saw Rio's World Cup Windups later on on ITV, that was funny , set ups inc Becks, Crouch, Gary Nev and Rooney !
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