You're the one who claims that with Ukraine, anything is possible. Be real, it's not is it? A World Cup victory for them is possible in the literal sense, it's not realistically going to happen and you're a fool if you believe otherwise.Look at the tournament they played in. That was luck, they're not a good team, Greece are a shit team. Ukraine are also poor, they have a single noteworthy player, even then it's a stretch. He relies on the ball being fed to him to a high degree.
Neither are you, so I guess we're even. Chill out, miss.
Let me put a dampener on your argument, the only people calling it a fluke goal are bitter England fans looking for an excuse. England fans always make excuses up, you know that right? "It was the Swiss ref!", "It was the heat!", "It was cos Beckham got a red card!", "It was cos we lost Rooney!". Funny, because when I say "England only beat Argentina because they took off Riquelme and a few others." people like you say "That made no difference."
The BBC even have commentators that were sitting there saying he meant it. If it had been Rooney or Beckham, you wouldn't dare say it was a fluke. I think it's pathetic that England fans hype up tap ins and jammy goals, yet when England are completely outclassed by the world's greatest player, you won't have the decency to give the man and his team their dues. You simply cannot accept that England are not the best team out there, it's sad. I called Deano a patriot, but at least the man recognises there are better teams than England.
Who's the worse off? The man who scored the "fluke" (not that it was one) or the dozey goalkeeper, past his prime, who let it in? Or maybe it was the defense when Rivaldo powered past them and screamed his shot past Seamen. Pick your poison, pick your excuse. You're the one who still hasn't got over Brazil getting that win, so you're the one who needs to cheer up. That was 4 years ago, buddy. Brazil have been beating top sides by many goals since then. England lost to Belarus, struggled against Hungary, struggled against Paraguay, what's the beef? Brazil are simply a better team, regardless of what you think of me supporting them, you cannot realistically deny that. Even Deano admits it.
Pissed all over them and still couldn't score past their substitute goalkeeper, real talent. England had no signs of scoring a goal of their own in that match, aside from the odd Lampard shot, which were comfortable saves. That would have more than likely ended 0-0 if Paraguay didn't score the own goal.
England got an own goal and then played like Italy. If they do that against better teams (because there are better teams than England in this tournament), they'll get destroyed.
You think Ronaldo, Adriano, Ronaldinho, Robinho or Kaka give two shakes about England's "solid" defence? Every paper in England refers to John Terry as a rock, an unbeatable rock. Lest we forget the day Ronaldinho shoved him away and shrugged him off before putting his club out of the Champions League. That was Ronaldinho, Adriano and Ronaldo are both much stronger.
-AC