getbracknell - Reading Evening Post

We arrived in Bloemfontein three hours before kickoff for what was to be England’s last 2010 World Cup match with some hope that the three lions would actually start to play football. But rather unsurprisingly we were utterly obliterated by Germany.

Their tactical prowess was stunning. Germany displayed all the attributes I had longed for England to bring to the game; pace, movement, cunning and killer instinct in front of goal. England on the other hand, as we all know, were utterly dreadful.