That’s our next game : 8pm in the Stade Velodrome.
Saturday , June 11th, in Group B.
After that we play Wales, then Slovakia
Germany v England is a friendly I’ll write about here by 4pm.
Since his abject failure in the World Cup, Roy Hodgson’s England have qualified well and now play a few friendlies, which we take more seriously than many nations.
But I tend to see a bigger picture and, especially, a longer picture.
I usually look backwards before I look forward.
In Brazil 2014, Hodgson lost his first two games.
And drew 0-0 with Costa Rica, who won our Group.
WE DIDN’T WIN A GAME.
I was disgusted that Hodgson didn’t take Ashley Cole.
And furious that he tweaked Rooney’s positon in the second game, instead of leaving Raheem where he was playing well :