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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 U...

WELL, THIS WAS AN UPSET FOR PORTUGAL LAST NIGHT!  GEORGIA’S KHVICHA KVARATSKHELIA SCORED A STUNNER AT ONLY 2 MINS. INTO THE GAME, AND HIS TEAM-MATE GEORGES MIKAUTADZE SCORED ANOTHER FROM A PENALTY AT 57 MINS!  WITH A LOT OF ACTION INBETWEENTIMES WITH A FURTHER 22 SHOTS FROM PORTUGAL, WITH 5 ON TARGET (INCLUDING A COUPLE OF GOOD ATTEMPTS FROM RONALDO, BLOCKED BY THE GEORGIAN DEFENSIVE LEGS, AND THE EXTREMELY LITHE EFFORTS OF THE GEORGIAN GOALY MAMARDASHVILI), BUT NOTHING REACHED THE BACK OF THE NET!  GEORGIA ALSO HAD A FURTHER 7 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON TARGET.  AND ALTHOUGH PORTUGAL HAD 73% POSSESSION, WITH GEORGIA 28%, THE EXTRAORDINARY SPIRIT OF THE GEORGIAN SQUAD SHONE THROUGH, AND THE GAME CULMINATED IN A 2 – 0 WIN TO GEORGIA, WHO MADE HISTORY BY REACHING THEIR FIRST MAJOR TOURNAME...