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The England winger seems to be coming in for quite a lot of criticism on social media because he missed two decent chances against Sweden. Depressingly, he is currently the lowest-scoring player out of England’s starters in both ours and the BBC’s player ratings systems.This seems remarkable, not least because Sterling wreaked havoc with his direct running at Sweden’s defence, causing them all sorts of problems throughout.
Without his speed, gumption and creativity, England would have struggled badly to stretch and break down Sweden. Anyone with half a brain would realise he contributed significantly more than quite a few of his team-mates and certainly didn’t contribute significantly less.
But hey, the dunderheaded majority seem to think that as he didn’t score a goal when he should have, it’s open season again. It’s difficult not to conclude that the Daily Mail and Sun have a lot to answer for on the back of their relentless hounding of the player in recent years. It seems he’s still paying the price for buying his mum a nice house, shopping at Greggs, driving a dirty car, flying with a budget airline and getting a tattoo.
Meanwhile in Sochi: Russia are taking on Croatia for the privilege of being beaten by England in next Wednesday’s semi-final. Scott Murray is manning the minute-by-minute report for that particular contest and would love you to join him.
Fun fact: No fewer than 17 of the 23 players in England’s World Cup squad were not born on the previous occasion they reached the semifinals (1 July 1990).
Among those who were still mischievous gleams in their fathers’ eyes – today’s goal scorers Harry Maguire and Dele Alli. Danny Rose was born one day after England’s 3-2 quarterfinal victory over Cameroon in 1990.
Without his speed, gumption and creativity, England would have struggled badly to stretch and break down Sweden. Anyone with half a brain would realise he contributed significantly more than quite a few of his team-mates and certainly didn’t contribute significantly less.
But hey, the dunderheaded majority seem to think that as he didn’t score a goal when he should have, it’s open season again. It’s difficult not to conclude that the Daily Mail and Sun have a lot to answer for on the back of their relentless hounding of the player in recent years. It seems he’s still paying the price for buying his mum a nice house, shopping at Greggs, driving a dirty car, flying with a budget airline and getting a tattoo.
Fun fact: No fewer than 17 of the 23 players in England’s World Cup squad were not born on the previous occasion they reached the semifinals (1 July 1990).
Among those who were still mischievous gleams in their fathers’ eyes – today’s goal scorers Harry Maguire and Dele Alli. Danny Rose was born one day after England’s 3-2 quarterfinal victory over Cameroon in 1990.
Guardian match report: Sweden 0-2 England
““We knew we would have the majority of the ball, the question was whether we could break them down,” says England’s manager in an interview with the BBC. “We’d identified a few areas where we might do that and we got the goals from both of them.
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| Harry Maguire (right) of England is overjoyed after scoring against Sweden during their FIFA |
“We scored from set plays because we got into good areas on the pitch. Sweden are well-organised, they make things tough and over the years we’ve underestimated them. Today, our spirit was as good as theirs but our quality was a little bit better.”
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| Gareth-Southgate-celebrates-England’s-win Sweden’s manager speaks:“What went wrong?” says Janne Andersson. “I am not sure anything went wrong as such. We didn’t get to our best. We had things under control until they had that corner.”  Match Recap |
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