Matthew Day looks at Sven Goran Eriksson’s third bite of the Scolari cherry, and whether England are good enough to progress past Portugal after a far from convincing second round victory.
Can England go on like this? Another drab second half performance saw them come away with only a draw when three points looked highly probable and achievable, but the defence were out of sorts especially from set-pieces and all passing and crossing was neglected in the second period.
So what’s the diagnosis?
Mike Martin on the worrying England performance against Sweden.
In all honesty, and with a bit of sober hindsight, there were some positives from England’s 2-2 draw with Sweden. They have a second round match against surely inferior opposition, Gerrard looks like the best player in the world and Joe Cole scored with the best […]