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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
It's funny how during every tournament there are always people forecasting doom & gloom and how we're going to get slaughtered when we play the 'big' teams and yet we always seem to go out either to one goal or by penalties. I've been following England since the 82 world cup and the only game in a tournament I can remember us being totally outclassed in was against Germany in the last world cup.
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Where they played in a unique 3 team knock-out group that consisted of Germany and Spain, FIFA has never used the same concept ever again. That was the England squad where Ron Greenwood refused to start with Keegan and Brooking two of the team's best players. I remember it like yesterday.