England reached the second round of the World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Slovenia in their make-or-break encounter in Port Elizabeth. More
90+3' FULL-TIME!! England reach the second round of the World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Slovenia in their make-or-break encounter at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.
90+1' Superb saving tackle by Upson as a flick-on looks like it was about to run through to a Slovenian forward in the penalty area.
86' Emile Heskey replaces Defoe.
82' Dedic booked for hacking down Lampard.
81' Birsa booked for handball.
80' Slovenia bring on another striker as Tim Matavz replaces midfielder Andraz Kirm.
72' Cole replaces Rooney who has been limping.
68' Slovenia's best chance! Two vital blocks, first Terry full length to repel Novakovic's effort then Johnson gets in the way of Dedic's shot and finally Koren drags his shot wide.
63' Change for Slovenia as Ljubijankic is replaced by Zlatko Dedic.
59' ROONEY HITS THE POST! He springs the offside trap, brings down Lampard's through ball in a flash but sees his shot tipped against the upright.
58' Great save by Handanovic to keep out Terry's powerful header at the near post.
49' Defoe taps the ball home but the flag is up. Lovely reverse pass from Lampard to Rooney but the Manchester United man is just offside before squaring. Close call.
48' Marauding run from Johnson who is checked by Brecko on the edge of the penalty area but it is the England man who is cautioned for an alleged simulation. Poor decision.
47' Defoe should make it two. Lampard sends Handanovic's punch back towards goal and the goal scorer flicks his effort about a foot wide, when unmarked from six yards.
46' We are underway for the second-half. Let's hope for more of the same.
45' HALF-TIME! So far, so good for England who lead 1-0 and would qualify as group winners if this scoreline, and the one in Pretoria where the US and Algeria are level, remain the same.
41' Johnson brought down by the sliding Jokic and he is booked. He will be suspended for the last 16 if Slovenia progress.
30' And the keeper then gets down to keep out Gerrard's sidefooted effort destined for the bottom corner. The ball nearly trickled under his arm but the Udinese keeper did well.
29' Handanovic repels Defoe's fiercely struck drive.
26' Another super Milner cross is pushed out by Handanovic with Defoe lurking and Lampard can't hit the target with his follow-up from 18 yards. Way over the top with his left foot and the keeper on the ground.
23' GOAL ENGLAND!! Milner's superb cross from the right is met by JERMAIN DEFOE who volleys into the roof of the net from close range. Handanovic is beaten for pace as the Tottenham striker nips in ahead of Marko Suler from seven yards.
22' Now James called into action. Bojan Jokic's deflected shot comes through a crowd of players but is held by the England number one.
21' Zlatan Ljubijankic finds himself in space in the penalty area but his shot is blocked by Terry. A crucial intervention.
19' Terry meets Lampard's corner at the near post but his header is glanced wide of the far post.
15' Lampard's long-range strike is on target but well held, diving low to his left by Samir Handanovic. The ball moved in the air.
8' The first shot of the game is from Slovenia. Birsa cuts inside off the right flank and his dipping 20-yard effort is well held by David James.
1' We are underway for this must-win encounter for England! A nation expects.
14:05 Teams - England: 1-David James; 2-Glen Johnson, 15-Matthew Upson, 6-John Terry, 3-Ashley Cole; 16-James Milner, 4-Steven Gerrard, 8-Frank Lampard, 14-Gareth Barry; 19-Jermain Defoe, 10-Wayne Rooney. /// Slovenia: 1-Samir Handanovic; 2-Miso Brecko, 4-Marko Suler, 5-Bostjan Cesar, 13-Bojan Jokic; 10-Valter Birsa, 8-Robert Koren, 18-Aleksandar Radosavljevic, 17-Andraz Kirm; 9-Zlatan Ljubijankic, 11-Milivoje Novakovic.
90+1' Superb saving tackle by Upson as a flick-on looks like it was about to run through to a Slovenian forward in the penalty area.
68' Slovenia's best chance! Two vital blocks, first Terry full length to repel Novakovic's effort then Johnson gets in the way of Dedic's shot and finally Koren drags his shot wide.
59' ROONEY HITS THE POST! He springs the offside trap, brings down Lampard's through ball in a flash but sees his shot tipped against the upright.
58' Great save by Handanovic to keep out Terry's powerful header at the near post.
49' Defoe taps the ball home but the flag is up. Lovely reverse pass from Lampard to Rooney but the Manchester United man is just offside before squaring. Close call.
47' Defoe should make it two. Lampard sends Handanovic's punch back towards goal and the goal scorer flicks his effort about a foot wide, when unmarked from six yards.
30' And the keeper then gets down to keep out Gerrard's sidefooted effort destined for the bottom corner. The ball nearly trickled under his arm but the Udinese keeper did well.
29' Handanovic repels Defoe's fiercely struck drive.
26' Another super Milner cross is pushed out by Handanovic with Defoe lurking and Lampard can't hit the target with his follow-up from 18 yards. Way over the top with his left foot and the keeper on the ground.
23' GOAL ENGLAND!! Milner's superb cross from the right is met by JERMAIN DEFOE who volleys into the roof of the net from close range. Handanovic is beaten for pace as the Tottenham striker nips in ahead of Marko Suler from seven yards.
22' Now James called into action. Bojan Jokic's deflected shot comes through a crowd of players but is held by the England number one.
21' Zlatan Ljubijankic finds himself in space in the penalty area but his shot is blocked by Terry. A crucial intervention.
19' Terry meets Lampard's corner at the near post but his header is glanced wide of the far post.
15' Lampard's long-range strike is on target but well held, diving low to his left by Samir Handanovic. The ball moved in the air.
8' The first shot of the game is from Slovenia. Birsa cuts inside off the right flank and his dipping 20-yard effort is well held by David James.
14:05 Teams - England: 1-David James; 2-Glen Johnson, 15-Matthew Upson, 6-John Terry, 3-Ashley Cole; 16-James Milner, 4-Steven Gerrard, 8-Frank Lampard, 14-Gareth Barry; 19-Jermain Defoe, 10-Wayne Rooney. /// Slovenia: 1-Samir Handanovic; 2-Miso Brecko, 4-Marko Suler, 5-Bostjan Cesar, 13-Bojan Jokic; 10-Valter Birsa, 8-Robert Koren, 18-Aleksandar Radosavljevic, 17-Andraz Kirm; 9-Zlatan Ljubijankic, 11-Milivoje Novakovic.
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72′ American fed up with World Cup floppers,,Coach Bob Bradley has harsh words for players who writhe on the ground with make-believe injuries. He calls one out

ONE OTHER THING ENGLAND and SPAIN Raped the World,of its Dignity and Wealth
AMERICA created Capitolism,with Trade,North and South America are self sustained with Wealth....look at what you have NOW you have to IMPORT Most what you eat or use everyday........GOD BLESS AMERICA,,,and we are Happy we got rid of your King George in 1776..................get an Education in Life....
when is the last time England Manufactured anything..????
oh yeah HULLIGANS,and BIG MOUTHS ..that LIVE IN THE Past....

ENGLAND,THE GERMANS are coming,DONT WORRY ENGLAND will be home before Tea Time Monday Lol,,,,,,,it was Great watching,and Reading All your English Blogs,Newspapers and Sports Reports,overrated and overpaid,,,for an Island you have No Patriotism toward your National Team..Win or Loose America is behind its YANKs...
Now go Suck up to your Queen,funny how Scotland Wales and Ireland
have NO RESPECT for you..WHY WHY ..maybe its how you make other Countries the BLUNT of all your Jokes..look whos LAUGHING NOW....?????

By the way our American Military is ALL VOLUNTEER..we are PROUD to Serve..and We are so POWERFUL we have Bases ALL over the World,Strength in Numbers
HOO RAH HOO RAH..
USA ALL THE WAY

ken_robert_sharpe,are you upset,because you dont have a life,,hmmm me and my Yanks are LAUGHING OUT LOUD,go fetch me some chips LOOSER and make it Quick...
AHHH im so Glad im American with all my Toys,say what you want,We dont have 35 % population Pakistani and when i was in London last year ,WOW i couldnt find to many English,Russian,Ukranian,and lots of Arabs,,,England is in Trouble,,its too BAD..
GOOD LUCK IN 20 YEARS,America America ALL the Way...we are Blessed with Prosperity.not like you Brits,you have to import the little things that we here take for granted Bananas,Fish etc etc...your a Joke as abn American i can only Laugh..go get your rain coat..im jumping on my HARLEY DAVIDSON and headed to the Beach...i must have Struck a NERVE on your Miserable LIFE

American @#$%. I've met your (drugged up) soldiers. You lot get a medal for crossing the road. Man for Man the US army is way behind the Brits, Israelis, French and Swedish armies. Without your kit - you're nothing.
I see you made some intelligent comments. I hope daddy's cheques were worth it to pay for your second-rate education.

And just one more thing American Patriot (and Garry with two 'r's); I came onto this blog in my naiviety expecting a sensible discussion about football. But, as usual, and more fool me for thinking it would be anything else but, it's full of the useless, ignorant diatribe from people like you (or us, I suppose, since I was suckered into it too). I would have quite happily come on here and discussed football but the first thing I see is ridiculous anti-English sentiments which have nothing todo with football. If, AP, you have lived in all those places you've said, have you learnt nothing from that experience? Garry, whatever nationality you are, desist from embarrasing yourself. And let's put up sensible comments like Ginopizza did. And any comments regarding who did better than whom in WW2 in just an insult to those who actually fought there. And they didn't fight for the likes of us to score points over who has the most tanks! (It was Russia, btw). So AP, can you respond intelligently or will there be another bout of anti Englishness?

Hey American Parrot. You make me laugh. You crow on and on about the military being the world's biggest and bestaaa and yet.... @#$%!...You lost in Vietnam1 Yes you LOST! With all that military hardware and bases etc! hee hee. Er.... Falklands...Der! We won, dude. All you could do at that time is float mines into Nicaraguan harbours or play loud music to corrupt Central American tinpot dictators.
But hey, you're right. I"ve never been anywhere,seen anything so what do I know Iabnd it was ROme, not Italy that ruled much of Europe and the Middle East as Itlay wasn't invented then. And it was for at least 400 years! At least get your insults factualy correct!
American @#$%, you are making a complete fool of yourself. No wonder the USeless of A is the world's most hated country in the world when it's full of lovely people like you. And the fact that you'll reply to this means that I am right. And you're probably obese too. Hey, why not sue me!

Fed up with all these resentful so called Scottish people running England down all the time just get behind England for goodness sake!
In my opnion it's not the real scots saying these horrible things, I've been there twice! the natives are really nice! It's all the misplaced, unemployable pretend scottish people living down here doing the menial jobs the poles don't want.
I say to these unpatriotic no so scottish resentfulls,, not why do you hate England so much but why doesn't your country want you or you it?
FOOD FOR THOUGHT I THINK ! DON'T YOU?

Garrys obviously not heard of the Rothschild family then? and if so, he probably thinks they are American too lol

bout time we won something tbh

I don't agree that Terry's comment the team any good but the figthing spirit of the team.And credit should go to Capello for the job done so far

john terry was outstanding so was frank lampard gerrard, and milner

To post 827: I agree with you that the game has changed in that money and greed has changed football. However, i do not believe Capello is a weak manager but i believe he has adapted to the style of how the English play and the culture in it. For example would Capello allowed his players to drink beer the night before a game a couple of years back? Apparently it was JT who proposed the idea.
Speaking of JT i think Capello did the right thing of keeping John Terry in the starting line up. Terry put in an inspirational performance and im sure there will be more to come. I think his interview with the media has done more good than harm. I expect the bond of the players have become stronger and what has happened in the past stays in the past...

TO KEN.IM GLAD THERE IS SOMEONE WHO SHARES MY OPINIONS OF TODAYS SO CALLED SUPERSTARS.THEY ARE PAMPERED POOCHES THE LOT OF EM.ANYWAY THANKS FOR YOUR MESSAGE MATE.

Ginopiazza. Great post. cheers mate

AS AN ITALIAN I HAVE FOLLOWED FABIO CAPELLOS CARREER FOR MANY YEARS.HOWEVER I FEAR THAT MR CAPELLO HAS BECOME A MAN WITH NO BACKBONE.WHO THE HELL IS JOHN TERRY TO COME IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS AND START SAYING WHO SHOULD AND SHOULDNT BE PLAYING.MR CAPELLOS PUNISHMENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN QUICK,HE SHOULDVE DROPPED TERRY AS A WARNING TO ALL THE OTHER ENGLAND PLAYERS.MY SUSPICION IS ,IS THAT JOHN TERRY IS STILL HURTING OVER LOSING THE CAPTAINCY OF THE TEAM.AGAIN WE ARE IN A POSITION WHERE THE TAIL WAGS THE DOG.I KNOW WHAT YOUR THINKING COS ITALY HAVENT PLAYED WELL THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOUR GRAPES.NO THIS IS A CASE OF A PLAYER WHO THINKS HES ABOVE HIMSELF.I HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME FOR PLAYERS AS THEY HAVE NO LOYALTY TO ANYONE EXCEPT THE HIGHEST BIDDER.PLAYER POWER IS DANGEROUS LOOK AT FRANCE AND ANELKA, WHAT AN AWFUL MAN.
THESE PLAYERS GET VASTS AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR KICKING A BALL ABOUT WIN.LOSE,OR DRAW.AND THEY THINK THEY STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO COMPLAIN.WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HONOUR OF PLAYING FOR ONES COUNTRY?
SORRY FOR THIS POST BEING SO LONG.BUT ANYWAY GOOD LUCK ENGLAND HOPE YOU BEAT THE GERMANS.

hang on, we made you, we started america, america doesn't have an 'empire' the only great empire there has ever been is the british empire, which correct me if i am incorrect, but america were the sitting ducks who were uncivilized and primitive, and we turned you into what you are today, so show some respect to your elders you yankee cunts

Garry, you're shouting at me. Did I touch a nerve? Are you in your little pis sy wet country which is the unhealthiest in the world (that's a fact, check it out Jock) and which relies on England to fund it to operate (fact, check it out. Without England Scotland would economically collapse. Scotland only contributes 8.4% GDP to the whole UK (that's as much as Wales and NI combined, btw)); so basically, Garry, - you're from a pathetic little country where it is hard for ANYONE else NOT to look arrogant when compared with it; and what's more you probably live in England because you can't get a job in your own.
p.s. What's WW2 got to do with it? Oh yes, that's the last time Scotland WON anything!

Ha haaaaa1 Scottish leagues??? Ha haaaaaaaaaaaa. That great sporting nation....! Look out - here come the Faroe islands ha ha ha PMSL BIG TIME! ha ha ha ha
