The match
Germany absolutely destroyed England in this one. The match will undoubtedly be marked by a goal that wasn’t given to England after a shot by Frank Lampard that clearly went in. That would have made it 2-2. But looking at how the game was going and how Germany was exploiting England’s (many) weaknesses, I really don’t believe that would have made a difference.
The teams
England will have to take a lesson from yet another football debacle. There is a lot I could say about England’s demise, but I’ll sum it down to one thing: they didn’t have what it took, and they never did. England was way overrated by the national press, I’ve heard things like “England have the best individual players in the World” in serious newspapers, and that just says it all.
Germany is definitely one of the superpowers in this tournament, along with Holland, Brazil and Argentina. Spain may yet come through, but haven’t yet. And not just that, they’re a superpower with a bright future, since most of these players may well see one or two more World Cups. They will now face Argentina in the quarter-finals, the first true test for the Argentinians.
