Great match. Of course, I wouldn't be saying that if England had lost. They went a goal down within the first five minutes (our current weakness appears to be defending set pieces) but equalized after forty minutes. The final score was well-earned and England are now the top scorers (as a team) in the tournament.
Wayne Rooney scored two goals to become top individual scorer in the tournament and England will face Portugal in the quarter-finals. England looked quite a bit better in just about all phases of the game than Croatia.
If we can take anything away from this it is that Wayne Rooney has made a huge impact on the tournament and Michael Owen remains dangerous. The next game is this coming Thursday.
Posted by artandscience at June 21, 2004 10:32 PM