... England vs. United States: 12 June: 10.83 GB: MEGA: Algeria vs. Slovenia: 13 June: 9.78 GB: MEGA: Matchday 2: ... Hello and thanks for giving you the Full World Cup wings in 2002 and 1998 or not. England and USA are moments away from kick-off at World Cup 2010 at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenberg, South Africa. England just can't get the ball. Group C of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 12 June and ended on 23 June 2010. England and the US have met nine times in international football, England winning seven and the US two. From the resulting corner, former Newcastle centre-back Oguchi Onyewu heads over the top.
Landon Donovan picks up the ball 30 yards from the England goal and shifts it to the right, where he fizzes in a shot that flies not far wide of Robert Green's right-hand post. England keeper Robert Green will take a long time to live down somehow allowing Clint Dempsey's shot to go in. He is vocal in the dressing room." "Sometimes one player in front of the keeper misses a goal. Glen Johnson has a cut lip and he's got to jog all the way around the pitch from his position at right-back to get treatment. His World Cup debut, too. Talking of omens (see 17:35), England will be hoping for a rather better start to their oversea mission than "Fabio Capello has another problem to add to his list - namely a glaring lack of real pace in central defence. Steve Cherundolo is then booked for a foul on Shaun Wright-Phillips. Fans of omens might like to know that at the last World Cup, champions-in-waiting "The potential England have for flowing, attacking football is very exciting. I want to hear from you loud, I want to hear from you proud: buzz me on text on Worrying. The ghost goal incident in this match was a major factor in the 2012 After the game, Suárez said, "I made the save of the tournament,"Spain had the bulk of possession throughout the match, with Germany adopting a tight defensive structure. The corner, taken by Netherlands v Brazil (South Africa 2010) Full match You've always wondered how the England football shirts are made? It was that bad." Fabio Capello, Franco Baldini and Stuart Pearce wait patiently behind the last England player in the tunnel, James Milner, as Steven Gerrard and Carlos Bocanegra lead the teams out. Green got the nod in goal but must now fear for his place against Algeria, while Milner looked far from fit following a virus after his surprise selection.And Ledley King, whose fitness was the subject of so much debate when Capello named his squad, lasted only 45 minutes after suffering a groin injury.It exposed a glaring lack of pace in England's central defence, which was almost punished when Jozy Altidore raced past Jamie Carragher with embarrassing ease only for Green to apply some repairs to his shattered reputation by turning his shot on to the post.England have plenty of time to regroup and progress, but this was an unsatisfactory night for Capello and his players.Capello, unconvinced about David James' fitness, chose Green ahead of the inexperienced Joe Hart - on the surface a sensible decision but ultimately a costly one.England's first-half performance was undistinguished, failing to build on Gerrard's fourth minute goal.Frank Lampard's pass was out of Rooney's reach, but Heskey played in Gerrard to score with the outside of his right foot.The United States were allowed the luxury of plenty of possession, and England almost paid for their generosity when Landon Donovan's inviting cross was headed tamely wide by Altidore.Milner, given his chance despite being laid low by illness in midweek, was off the pace and picked up a booking for fouling Steve Cherundolo before being replaced by Wright-Phillips on the half-hour.England at least looked like holding their lead until the interval, before a moment of complete calamity engulfed Green.
Maybe they are thinking they have got back in the game and will defend but that's not their strength." You can sense their frustration from here. Not long left now - does this game have a winner left in it? They really have only put together one decent move so far, and it ended up with Steven Gerrard scoring. England's lack of a top-class, undisputed keeper was one of the big pre-World Cup fears and we have just seen why.