WELL, FOR THOSE WHO WERE EXPECTING BELLS AND WHISTLES (AKA GOALS) IN THE MATCH LAST NIGHT BETWEEN ENGLAND VS SLOVENIA, THEY MIGHT BE SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS THIS MORNING. BUT THERE WERE, IN FACT, 12 SHOTS FOR ENGLAND WITH 4 ON TARGET, (INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM SAKA WHICH WAS DISALLOWED FOR BEING OFFSIDE), AND 4 SHOTS FOR SLOVENIA, WITH 1 ON TARGET, WITH ENGLAND HAVING 74% POSSESSION DURING THE MATCH, AND SLOVENIA 26%. SO PLENTY OF ACTION! IT WAS QUITE A PHYSICAL MATCH ACTUALLY, WITH NEITHER SIDE FRIGHTENED TO ‘TAKE A JAB’ (AKA TACKLE), WHEN THE NEED AROSE BUT ENGLAND MANAGING TO COME THROUGH ONCE AGAIN AS TOP OF THE GROUP, WITHOUT INJURY OR OVER-EXERTION, MEANING THAT THEY CAN NOW STROLL ONTO THEIR NEXT MATCH AGAINST THE NETHERLANDS ON SUNDAY (WHICH WON’T BE CONFIRMED UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT.) AND IF ANYONE WANTS TO OVERLY-CRITICISE THIS SQUAD, AS THEY MOVE ONTO THE ‘KNOCKOUT STAGES’ – THEY SEEM MORE THAN ABLE TO ‘TAKE IT ON THE CHIN’. Â
