- Feb 28, 2014
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If the England team worked as hard and as together as the US team they would still be in the tournament imo.
The reason the US team had to rely on Howard to stop it being a cricket score was down to the difference in ability between the two teams and in the end hard work and being well organised wasn't going to be able to bridge that gap in ability. (Although sometimes it can.)
I think that's letting some sloppy US play off the hook to be honest. Yes we'd all like to see England work harder, but I'm not sure I'd like to see them play like the US did, cut and thrust play, leaving the keeper to have one of the best performances in World Cup history to keep it from being a thrashing.
Against Italy we had the same number of shots (overall and on target) as the US last night and forced more corners, despite having less posession. Against Uruguay we dominated possession, had 6 shots on target to Uruguay's 2 and 12 overall to Uruguay's 8.
I really don't think there was anything overly special about how the US went about their business last night to be honest. They actually made Belgium look good in fact - something they hadn't looked in the group stages at all.