Day 7 - Group B: England v. Wales!
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Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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- Day 6 - Group A: France v. Albania
- Day 6 - Group B: Russia v. Slovakia
- France 2016 Predictions Game - Group Stage Update #1
- Day 5 - Group F: Portugal v. Iceland
- Day 4 - Group E: Italy v. Belgium
- Day 4: Group D: Spain v. Czech Republic
- Day 3 - Group C: Germany v. Ukraine
- Day 3 - Group C: Northern Ireland v. Poland
- Day 3 - Group D: Croatia v. Turkey
- Day 2 - Group B: England v. Russia!
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England need to watch out. Their draw with Russia has certainly been placed in a different light after Slovakia’s display against the same opponents and they’ll be in danger of a disastrously early exit if they don’t win today.
Stats? I’ll give you stats. England have beaten Wales 66 times, drawn with them 21 times and lost to them 14 times. They’ve not been beaten in this fixture since 1984, a Mark Hughes goal enough for the Welsh to prevail in a Home Nations clash at the Racecourse Ground. Whatever became of him?
England are unchanged from the draw with Russia. Wazza continues in midfield, Raheem Sterling is on the left again, Adam Lallana is on the right and there’s no place for Jamie Vardy, that bloke who scored all goes for Leicester City, the champions.
Wales have made three changes from the win over Slovakia. Hal Bryan-Nwankwo, who got the winner in that game, is fit enough to take his place in attack from the start, replacing Jonny Williams, which means that Wales are at full strength. He’s billed as the Didier Deschamps to Gareth Bale’s Zinedine Zidane but England will need to keep a close eye on Robson-Kanu given that he’s got one more goal than one of their strikers in this tournament. Meanwhile Wayne Hennessey has replaced Danny Ward in goal and Joe Ledley is back, in for Dave Edwards. Ledley has recently recovered from a broken leg. That’s some effort.
English and Welsh fans streaming into the stadium now.
Teams gathering in the tunnel now:
England: Hart; Walker, Cahill, Smalling, Rose; Dier, Alli, Rooney; Lallana, Kane, Sterling.
Wales: Hennessey; Gunter, Chester, Williams, Taylor, Davies; Ledley, Ramsey, Allen; Robson-Kanu, Bale.
Here they come, now! Marvelous atmosphere in Lens.
Gareth Bale doesn't seem to know the words to the Welsh anthem.
And now "God Save the Queen."
Good start from England right from the kick-off. Harry Kane high pressing the Welsh defense. Ball falls to Rooney.
A long diagonal ball wins England an early corner.
Good to see that Rooney is taking the first corner.
Dele Alli pushes his Arsenal rival Ramsey. A bit of handbags.
Silly foul there by Kyle Walker on Ramsey higher up the pitch.
Ramsey's free kick is straight to the first man.
Oh - Sterling misses a sitter!!!!
Great run there from Lallana and the ball over was perfect.
This has the feel of a Premiership match.
Shut it, Darke!
Good block by Gary Cahill on Bale.
Oh - Hart bobbled the corner there but recovered.
Rooney tries a speculative one from distance. Well over.
Fifteen minutes gone - it's very even steven so far. I don't like it.
The pattern has been set, Wales sitting back, England probing. There’s not much space for England to exploit. That Sterling chance aside, Wales must be happy with this at the moment.
Diet tracks back well on Aaron Ramsey.
Wales haven’t been out of their half for a while.
Sterling floats a cross in and wins a corner.
Rooney's corners have been spot on so far.
Dele Alli wins a free kick in a nice area here.
Harry Kane over the free kick. Tries a Ronaldo and it doesn't come off at all well.
Ramsey floats one right into Hart's arms. And England can start again.
Nearly a nice interplay between Lallana and Sterling.
Rooney over a nice free kick opportunity now.
And Cahill got on the end of it. Hennessy collects. Close call.
Nice positive run from Walker and he earns a corner.
Comes to nothing - that one was too long but Rooney's delivery has been generally really good.
England have been really positive and have created the only real chances in this game.
Kane spins and wins a good free kick chance. Time to bring the big boys up again.
Great ball in but Smalling couldn't beat his man.
Big shout for a penalty - ref waves on.
Another free kick here for England, Ramsey fouling Dele Alli for the umpteenth time.
Rooney's ball in this time goes straight to the keeper.
Another corner now for England. This one has to go in!
Oh - Smalling rises well and puts his header just wide. Another good chance there.
It's been all England. I don't know what match Darke and Macca are watching, with all this negativity. Bale hasn't had a sniff.
Rooney gives away a silly free kick in midfield.
Bale lining this one up.
Bugger!
Great free kick from Bale but Hart should have saved it for sure.
England 0-1 down.
Terrible time for Wales to score, too. Right before half time.
England will go in 0-1 down when we should have been 2 or three up through Sterling, Cahill and Smalling.
Not happy at all about this.
We're back on at England. Two changes now - Sturridge and Vardy on and Sterling and Kane off.
And we're away again in Lens. Come on, England!
Walker wins an early corner - that's better.
Smalling's header is directed away from goal.
Sturridge yet to find his sights. Blasts well over.
Not quite clicking yet in this second half. England were better in the first half.
Nice curler from Rooney but Hennessy tips it around for a corner.
Rooney's corner doesn't beat the first man.
GOAL!!!!!!!!
Vardy stabs home after a mad scramble!!!!
We're all having a Vardy Party!
1-1!
Wales have had nothing going forward. Robson-Kanu hasn't been in it. It's a matter of time.
Lallana drives and wins a corner. This is more like it!
Lovely - a great free kick chance now.
Tremendous pressure from England now. Great stuff. Should have scored through Sturridge there.
Two corners in succession for Wales.
Joe Ledley looks as if he'll have to come off soon.
Sturridge jinks inside and drives one well over.
Ledley coming off and Edwards coming on.
Nice England possession but it ended with a poor ball in by Dier.
Nice! Marcus Rashford about to come on - wahay!
Robson-Kanu coming off to be replaced by Jonny Williams.
It's Lallana to come off for Rashford.
Wales shout for a pen - nothing doing.
Good idea with an early cross from Rose but poorly executed.
The game has quietened down again - we need to grab the momentum back.
Oh - lovely dummy from Rooney but his shot was blocked.
Jonny Wiliams was allowed to run but blasted well over. I don't like the room that he's getting.
Dele Alli just hasn't been on it today.
Walker wins yet another corner. This one has to go in!
Vardy was penalized for a push there.
Rooney has a chance to cross but it's too deep.
Walker wins yet another corner. Come on!
Cahill up for the header but it's well over the mark.
Three stoppage time minutes to come.
YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sturridge wins the match!!!!!
Phew
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