Sunday, March 25, 2007

England fail to win over Israel


Steve McLaren's men could not put it beyond Israel, in last nights euro two thousand and eight qualifier in Tel Aviv, more like Hell Aviv for England, seteling for a nil nil draw.

I couldn't watch the first half since it was on Shabbat, but it sounded like a total bore, England for sure dominated the second half, compared to the first half, with England bagging, seventy two percent of the possession, Andrew Johnson did put the ball in the back of the net but the linesman flagged for offside and Frank Lampard headed the ball across the face of goal.

The England players were booed off the pitch and the crowd were chanting "what a load of rubbish" and "you don't know what your doing".

Isreal had three Premiership stars two were on the starting line up, they are colour coded below:

Israel: Aouate, Ben Haim, Gershon, Ziv, Benado, Spungin, Badir, Benayoun, Ben Shushan (Alberman 87), Tamuz (Barda 75), Balili (Sahar 69).Subs Not Used: Davidovitch, Golan, Toama, Antebi.Israel: Aouate, Ben Haim, Gershon, Ziv, Benado, Spungin, Badir, Benayoun, Ben Shushan (Alberman 87), Tamuz (Barda 75), Balili (Sahar 69).Subs Not Used: Davidovitch, Golan, Toama, Antebi.

England: Robinson, Neville (Richards 72), Ferdinand, Terry, Carragher, Gerrard, Lampard, Hargreaves, Lennon (Downing 83), Rooney, Johnson (Defoe 80).Subs Not Used: Foster, Barry, Carrick, Dyer.

For the full match reaction click here:

Meanwhile England travel to Barcelona to face Andorra on Wednesday, and there is still one big Q' do we say "your fired" to Steve McLaren or do we give him one more chance.

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