England

It’s starting to look like a civilised version of WWE. One seemingly undeserving side with amazing potential gets hyped beyond belief, and every next opponent starts talking trash with the objective to raise their own spirits. And like all pretenders, …

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England’s Plan A – England play Rooney. England’s Plan B – England rush Rooney back from injury. Plan C? There’s no freakin’ Plan C.

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For a maddening four minutes, it looked as if England would continue their goal-scoring form from the warm up match against Jamaica a week ago. A yellow card to Gerrard and a succession of long balls and subsequent ‘fouls’ by …

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England vs Paraguay Match Stats (Group B) England 1, Paraguay 0 England Goals: Gamarra (OG) 4 England Cards: Gerrard (Y), Crouch (Y) Paraguay Card: Valdex (Y) England vs Paraguay Match Report The match got off to a perfect start, David …

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Talk about hype… Rooney’s return to the England setup has threatened to overshadow preparations for Saturday’s clash with Paraguay, to the extent that both Beckham and Eriksson had to categorically insist that “all eyes were focused on Paraguay”. And they …

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Read the latest updates at the end of this article Yes, it’s true: boy wonder is going to the World Cup.

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One thing is for sure: if Wayne Rooney is given the all-clear by the docs today and if Manchester United allow him to play in the World Cup, English fans will become insufferable in their boasts on being favourites to …

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England’s World Cup perparations got off to a start with … surprise surprise … a light training session in which everyone took part, even Wayne Rooney. In fact, boy wonder was doing extensive ball work, but that had already been …

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Oh the joys of a 6-0 victory…

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Read the England vs Jamaica Match Report When England take on Jamaica at Old Trafford today, Eriksson has one last shot at tinkering with the formations and finding out what his backup plans are in case things go south at …

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The 3-1 scoreline should have flattered the Hungarians, but it ended up flattering the England team instead. While the ‘A’ team outclassed their opponents in all areas, they lacked the penetration to make their chances count. The fact that the …

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Read the England vs Hungary match review here. England take on Hungary tonight at Old Trafford in the 2nd of their 3 warmup matches before the World Cup. Nothing much to note here, except that with Rooney looking increasingly unlikely …

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