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On their debut at the 2010 World Cup, England did not seem to want to relax. Driven by two midfielders The Three Lions dream team, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, the British press since the first half whistle sounded. In fact, only four minutes of the first round begins, the UK able to advance excellence through goals Gerrard. The goal was a nice collaboration between Wayne Rooney, Emile Heskey, and finally settled by Gerrard with a kick towards the far right corner of the American goalkeeper.
Winning one goal does not make England loosened their attacks. Iggris keep pressing the Americans to quickly attack using short balls. On the other hand, America must also not remain silent. Driven by Landon Donovan, United goalkeeper could endanger the UK several times. But a meeting of the British defense and settlement followed a less than perfect, can not make America create goals.
Disaster coming to the UK dimenit to 40. Robert Green made a mistake that can make America equalizer. Green made a blunder when Clint Dempsey welcomes speculative kick from outside the penalty box. Dempsey kicking the ball rolling from the hands of Green and into the England goalkeeper. Despite trying hard, both teams could not add to the end of first half goals.
In the second half, England did not loosen his attacks. They continue to launch malicious attacks to be able to achieve full points. Noted, 10 opportunities were created The Three Lions. In contrast, America is not silent. They are quite dangerous with fast attacks behind them. In fact, they were able to create five opportunities amid the tight defense of England. However, the lack of good finishing from both teams, making the score 1-1 last until the end of the game.
For this time, man of the match came from the U.S. national team. He was Tim Howard. Everton goalkeeper who played in was considered to play very much in keeping the American series. Despite being broken in the early minutes, Howard was almost always able to overcome all the shot that launched England's players.
Team Line-up:
England: Robert Green, John Terry, Ledley King, Ashley Cole, Glen Johnson, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, James Milner (30 'Shaun Wright-Phillips), Aaron Lennon, Wayne Rooney, Emile Heskey (79' Peter Crouch).
United States: Tim Howard, Oguchi Onyewu, Jay DeMerit, Carlos Bocanegra, Steve Cherundolo, Ricardo Clark, Michael Bradley, Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, Jozy Altidore (85 'Stuart Holden), Robbie Findley (77' Edson Buddle).
