England v Slovenia Wayne Rooney must score or game over for England Rooney and Capello
FIFA world cup 2010 in South Africa was suppose to take England football to the glory day, this was the year to bring the world cup home to England.
England squad full of stars and five captions of premier league including Wayne Rooney one of the best strikers in the world was expected to run through appoints as they did in the qualifying matches. Yet here we are and England’s hope to move to the next stage of the world cup now linger on the must win game against Slovenia. Last time England did not make it to the super 16 stage of the world cup was more than 50 years ago and fans will not be pleased if it happens again.
Before the start of the world cup England were the clear favorites but after a tie with USA and Algeria, all hopes are now set on a single game.
In group C, Slovenia will win top seed with a win or a tie or even a USA loss or tie. USA however will win top seed with a win and a Slovenia tie or loss, but the loss will again be calculated based on the result of the England/ USA games total goals.
England will win top seed with a win and a USA loss or tie and Algeria advances with a win and an England tie or loss.
At this stage who goes to the next stage is still wide open and the last games between England, Slovenia, Algeria and the USA will determine the top two spots.
Millions of English fans who watch their players week-in-week-out in arguably the most competitive English Premier League were hopeful that their super stars will prove their title winning credentials against the much lower ranked Algerian side and prove that their poor show against the USA was a mere blip.
Now the fans are feeling the pinch, experts keep saying England should win easily and England keeps delivering a blow par performance. Fabio Capello has already replaced Robert Green with David James, what he can do next to make sure England moves on. Every fan has an opinion and regardless of what Capello does, what matters most now is the “Three points”. If England does not win, Capello’s English future is all but over but fan reaction will not be just limited to the couch – the super star players like Wayne Rooney will not just be bood at the end of the game but they will lose fan support even in their league games.
For now the fan storm is kept at bay but one more day and it might turn to Sunami.
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