Comments on: Did Andorra secure a moral win?

By: Glarmorgan

Glarmorgan — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:58:42 +0000

I don’t think you understand how inferior Andorra are. The players are not professional. Therefore, while Multi-Millionaires such as Frank Lampard strolled around the pitch, some Andorran bankers, milkmen and so on battled for their pride.
So, what’s the idea? Andorra do not fight England for supremacy. Andorra wish to build on a reasonable result with England as a leverage to put up a fight to Kazakhstan.

So, from the Andorran point of view, losing only 2-0 to England is quite reasonable and filled them with pride. If, after conceding the first, they would have come out and attack, it could have ended 6-0 (as Germany did to Liechtenstein).

You need to remember that every team has go its own goals. England want to qualify, Andorra want to do the best they can. Losing 2-0 to England is well respectable. If it wasn’t, we wouldn’t be reading this article.

By: iqnadirshah

iqnadirshah — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:41:52 +0000

These sort of comments are pathetic. What is the Andorran coach trying to tell his players? That they were only good for defending 90 minutes of open play? On the other hand, I dont think even the Almighty can make the English play better. What crap display by both the teams………….

By: Orez

Orez — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:08:01 +0000

I agree with this article. I mean it’s ok to try and get a draw even in your backyard, but when you go 1 goald down at least show some guts and try to get back. It was the same thing over and over. I am Armenian and we have a really bad team. I used to go to many matches and we would loose most of the time, but when we had games that we would to take to our opponents (France 3:2, Unkrain 3:2), even though we lost, we still were really happy. That performave was pathetic. England wasn’t that good either, but having 11 people behind the ball, when you are 2;0 down is just pathetic. Why play?Just don’t show up at all. It will give you 3:0 loose, which in average will be better.

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:32:18 +0000

Not a fan of Andorra’s style of play but you can’t fault them for playing the way they did.

The problem is why English players didn’t play according to the tactics dictated to them. Probably could have by 4 or 5 goals if they’d finished off an earlier opportunity and attacked better in the second half once they’d made space in the opposition half.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:08:10 +0000

The fact is Andorra are one of, if not the worst team in Europe. 2-0 is a lot better than going for the shock win and getting hammered. If they really want to grab a shock win they should try doing it against the likes of Kazakhstan first.