On Bezrunnye

In the first Saturday match at the World Cup, the England team with a minimum score outplayed Paraguayans. The most boring of the Latin American national teams and that lost their "motor" Wayne Runi England for two gave the audience far from the most spectacular match.

The only goal took place already 4 minutes after the starting whistle of the Mexican judge. David Beckham from the penalty area almost from the middle of the field hung the ball into the penalty area, where the captain of Paraguay Carlos Gamarra jumped above all, including a two -meter Peter Krouch. He put the ball into the corner of his own gate, and the goalkeeper was powerless to recapture the ball that changed direction.

After a few minutes, a new misfortune fell on the Paraguayan team. The goalkeeper Huso Vililar was injured and could not continue the game. His replacement on Aldo Bombadil at the 8th minute of the meeting was the earliest replacement of the goalkeeper in the history of the world championships. Until the end of the first half, the Paraguay players did not recover from the shock received in the first minutes. Latin Americans inflicted only three non -hazard strokes on the gates of Paul Robinson. The British completely dominated the stadium in Frankfurt. However, at the last minutes of the half, the first truly dangerous moment took place at the British gate. The forward of the German “Verder” Nelson Waldes almost equalized the score, breaking through the penalty next to the bar.

Having lost the ending of the first half, the British continued to storm the opponent’s defensive redoubts in the second half of the game. They did it without a light, and of the three matches already held at the tournament, this can be called the most boring. At the end of the match, the coach Paraguay Anibal Ruis released the third nominal striker on the field, but this did not help his team exert any serious pressure on Robinson's gates. Waldes looked more active than his attack partners, but the striker of Bavaria Rock Santa Cruz on the field was invisible. The last fifteen minutes of the game, the British frankly cherished the forces.

Paraguayers, famous for their disciplined and purely defensive football, did not change themselves in this match. Even skipping a goal in the debut of the meeting, they played mainly on counterattacks. In general, the attackers of the Paraguay national team did not allow us to understand how well the central defenders of England Rio Ferdinand and John Terry are ready for the championship (and still there is Sol Campbell and Jamie Carrager) and goalkeeper Robinson.

On Saturday, the English team mainly counted on the flanking passages of Joe Cole, and then Stephen Dauning, as well as hinged gears for the "pillar" of Krauch. In a couple of the strongest central midfielders of the world, Stephen Jerrard and Frank Lampard looked stronger. Chelsea midfielder repeatedly forced Bobadil to demonstrate his skill in reflection of distant strikes. It was he who was closest to increase the score. Jerrard, apparently, had not yet fully recovered from the injury of the back, he received shortly before the start of the championship.

This victory most likely brought the British to the next round of the championship, since they will probably beat the Trinidad and Tobago national team without any problems. The chances of Paraguay directly depend on the result of their game with Sweden, which will take place on June 15.