Sunday 8 July 2018

ENGLAND QUALIFIES FOR SEMI FINAL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1990 AT WORLD CUP

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ENGLAND VERSUS SWEDEN MATCH REPORT
In the 43rd minute ,Raheem sterling missed target and almost the next minute he had another chance but instead of passing to his team mates he decided to do a slalom and lost out in the process to the amazement of the watching soccer world..
Harry Maguire had given England  the chance at drawing the first blood as the three lions got the lead they actually deserved .
at the end of the 1st half England had 5 percent of the flow of the possession but in the 46th minute ,the English goalkeeper  was forced to make  a super save as business for the second stanza of the match got more serious .
In the 56th minute ,7 shirted England forward:Dele Alli 's ambitious pile driver ricochet off the body of a swede defender who came within sight  of hostilities.
a strong build up play and a wave of sustained England attack s leads to Dele Ali scoring the second goal  in the 59th minute.
Then in the 61st minute a wave of attack  by Sweden within which it counter attacked had Jordan Pickford in goal for three lions being forced to make another super save.
Dele Ali struck another hot shot at a Swede defender on 68th minute but this was blocked with the aid of a shower as seen in the slow motioned replays via Super Sports.
A swift attack by Sweden which had Marcus Berg who is usually very prolific in the United Arab Emirates with his club but continues to struggle so far in Russia missed the English goal posts by the whiskers.
Gareth Southgate is said to have picked the least experienced English team since the 1962 world cup held in Chile ,South America.
Jesse Lingaard who by his high standards was a stand -out performer for club side and nation  and who had been largely anonymous came strongly into the picture on the 86th minute when he had and took a free kick which was wasted .
On the dot of 90 minutes after the Swedes had wasted a free kick the previous minute Marcus Rashford was brought into replace Raheem Sterling .
As the game wore on ,England remained the stronger side of the two as the referee's whistle  later went off..

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