England will look to move on from this quickly. Haiti’s players will cling to it as if it were their coronation day. Remember the names, remember the game 🖊️ danielstorey85 FIFAWWC
This was indeed poor fare. England created only half-chances. They lurched between two extremes: rushing and snatching the final third and sluggish possession before that. Both were the result of lapses in execution that permit deeper concerns: sloppy passing, bad decision-making, an inability to counteract what immediately became the obvious threat of a lower-ranking opponent.
You might suggest – again with more than a hint of generosity – that England are a team created for knockout stage football, where blocks are low and stakes are high. They were first unnerved by Haiti’s glorious chaos, a whirl of counter attacks and mighty intensity when out of possession. But we expected a remedy other than simply hoping Haiti would run out of puff. That energy slump never came.
But are we not getting this all wrong? If we were forced to stomach the catcalls of the bores when women’s international football served up heavy beatings for comparative minnows at major tournaments, we have a responsibility to focus on those rapidly improving teams when they close the gap despite everything being weighted against them. Judging everything through the prism of the giant is a sure way to warp your perspective. If nothing else, it is distinctly uncharitable and tedious.
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