Official World Cup Thread

[Rodion Romanovich]

I think England played really well, but had a weakness in Lampard and Gerrard. They never seemed to get the crucial passes through, and Lampard shot poorly even when he had good chances. Rooney got better by every minute, no doubt the man of the match IMO. Ecuador played well from start but got worse from 30th minute or so. I think England deserved the win, even if Ecuador had some great chances and played very well in earlier games, they simply weren't as good in this game IMO.

Portugal - Holland will be a nice game to watch! I think Portugal might be slightly better, but it should be quite even. I don't know which side I'd rather want to continue to the quarter finals - Portugal with their swift beautiful football, or Holland with their funny orange pyjamas - both are a pleasure to the eye...