This has been the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign from hell from England and it doesn't seem to be getting any better at this point. Most of it has to do with McClaren's coaching skills. Not one big name player is playing for England becaus etehy are all injured and McClaren has refused to put David Beckham into the game until the second half, but he playing as I type this right now.
The second half has already begun, according to UEFA'S game tracker on euro2008.com, and England is already down 2-0 putting down to a 4-0 aggraagte defecit in their two qualifying matches against the Croatians.
Kranjčar, the former Croatian coach's son, scored the first in the 8th minute--a goal that the game tracher called a "shock" to the Wembley crowd who put th egame of "football" so close to their hearts. This must be killing them!!
The second goal was scored by Olić, one of Croatia's best strikers aside from Eduardo da Silva, who has yet to score. This goal was scored at the 14th minute. he gametracker summarizes it as follows:
"Only 15 minutes have gone but Croatia have a 2-0 lead now to leave England facing a huge task. Eduardo's pass sprung the England offside trap and Ivica Olić rounded Scott Carson to tap the ball into an empty net."
It is now 15 minutes into the second half and England has finally scored off a penalty awarded because English player Defore was fouled by Šimunić. The goal was scored by Lampard at the 56th minute.
Meanwhile, in Andorra, Russia is being held to a tough match against a stubbornb Andorra. At this point, in the 58th minute, when Russia should be home with atleast 2or 3 goals already (maybe more), Russia has only scored one--they could have made it 2 but Russia missed one penalty.
If the scorlines stay like this, England will not qualify for the final tournament.
To track these two games and others, check out euro2008.com.
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