The Best Team Won

Like many in the country I have been following and watching the English football team playing in Euro 2012. It is hard not to given the coverage on the television, on the radio and in the news. To be honest I feel, like many, they have exceeded expectations this time round by managing to win a difficult group.

As I sat down to watch the match with Emily we were both hoping that England might get lucky and pull it off and beat the Italians, but we were realists and we knew it was going to be hard and they would have to play at the their best, if not better.

In the end, it was a good game but England were totally outclassed. They hung in on in there like true professionals but it was like watching a premier league side play someone for the first division, and England was the side in the lower division. It was all about stopping them scoring and hoping for the best. 

Well the best never came for England. They held on to the end of extra time and they should take credit for that, but when it came to moment that mattered they just didn't have the finishing power and the best team on the night won, and rightly so.