The bad news? We waltzed into this morning's game against Slovenia (who?) thinking they would just roll over and concede to wonderful little old us. And promptly got our butts spanked.
By halftime, we were down 0-2, and our defense was being taken to school again. But we came back. And what a comeback it was, too! The adrenaline (or was it panic?) kicked in, and with ten minutes to go, we had fought back to a 2-2 tie. We even appeared to score a third time, only to have it waved off by a referee who seemed on the take from Slovenia..
We will now whine about being robbed (which we were), conveniently forgetting that the only reason we still have a chance of advancing to the next round is because England muffed that weenie shot on goal in our opening game.
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Which cost that English goaltender his starting job, BTW. His back-up performed admirably today, but the English offense looked pathetic, and they could only tie lowly Algeria 0-0. So Group C, which is comprised of the four aforementioned teams, is up for grabs. The top two teams advance, and all four are still in the running. Wouldn't it be a jaw-dropper if the two advancers turned out to be Algeria and Slovenia?
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