by Arneb » Tue Jun 29, 2021 6:17 pm
England 2 - 0 Germany
Played 186, won 92, drawn 41, lost 53
And thus, our count for that terrible, terrible 2020/21 season ends.
It was the expected result, from a team that hasn't produced good or exciting football in 4 years - seven if you exclude the dreamlike, elegant yet forceful 2017 Confed Cup win, which was achieved with a differen team. The last 7 years were often quite painful, producing a string of inane, boring no-shows against weak team, complete wipeouts in the 2016 semi, two rounds of the Nations League, a World Cup first round with two defeats and all of two goals scored, a 0-6 against Spain and, finally, a humiliation in a game we used to win with unnerving regularity. Hans Flick will have a lot of rebuilding to do after 7 years of decline. At least he will have good material to work with. Can you imagine that three of our players won the Champions League a month ago?
It was far and wide the weakest game of the round. I don't consider England a favourite against either (say) Sweden, Denmark or Belgium/Spain/Italy. This match was good trauma therapy, but not a promise for a successful tournament.
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