Wednesday, 27 March 2013

World Cup aspirations

        
    Of course Hodgson has a point as England have three of their last four games at home, despite Montenegro still leading Group H by two points. The problem he may have is that this team does not look like it can be completely relied upon under pressure, a pressure that will increase in intensity after events here.It was the same again. An impressive first-half performance which brought Wayne Rooney's goal was fatally undermined by a dreadful display of disorganisation after the restart that saw Montenegro claim a point they ultimately deserved. Riot police had to move in to stop fighting between Montenegro fans before kick off, objects were persistently thrown on to the pitch and the Lee Marvin soundalike - younger readers must check out .They lost their way quite spectacularly in the second half. It was an abysmal effort lacking composure, cohesion and common sense and Dejan Damjanovic's 77th-minute equaliser was deserved. This is not a team you would risk vast sums of money on actually reaching Brazil. They should - but evidence tells us not to bank on it.

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