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28 min:</STRONG> This is a lot of end-to-end long-ball rubbish, catching practice for Pyatov and James.
24 min:</STRONG> Ukraine / The Ukraine are pushing forward a lot, but England are well organised at the back. Nothing much is going on as the visitors batten down the hatches and try to clear their heads after Green's sending off. "Isn't the telly and the web-connected computer pretty much the same thing these days?" asks Gary Naylor. "But we're always going to have two (at least) boxes with screens in most homes, because computers and tellies just feel different don't they? Combining an alarm clock and a coffee-machine seemed a good idea, but how many people use teasmades? Aside from the camera / phone combo, few hybrid machines succeed." Talk of Teasmades on a Saturday night... it's like Brucie's Generation Game never went away.
20 min:</STRONG> Ah right, the feed's back. I just needed to press refresh, rather than sitting around waiting for something to happen. You've missed nothing (I assume). "This may well be an error," begins Jimmy McCrae, "but my knowledge of Polish and the frequent borrowings of the Slavonic languages suggests to me that to say 'the' Ukraine is not all too egregious. 'U' in Polish means 'around', 'by' or 'at', among other things. 'Kraj' connotes 'country'. Considering the historical and geographical proximity of the two states, not to mention Ukraine's unfortunate status as a frequent whipping-boy throughout history, that it literally might be called the 'around-country' or 'border', and thus might demand a definite article, is a possibility not to be discounted." Sounds reasonable to me. Which almost certainly means a professor is going to email in about 15 minutes to argue the exact opposite.
17 min:</STRONG> Another flare onto the pitch. This one starts a minor forest fire in James' six-yard box. Can you have a forest fire where there's no trees? No. No you can't. It's not a forest fire. You deserve better. I'm rambling, but only because MY INTERNET FEED HAS FROZEN.</STRONG>
16 min:</STRONG> Ukraine miss the penalty! Or, more to the point, the hapless Shevchenko - who was half decent in 1999 we're led to believe - foolishly clips a lame effort off the outside of the right-hand post. That is bloody awful.
15 min:</STRONG> And a red card for Green as well, who was last man - just, though it was tight with Ferdinand right at the striker's heels and almost alongside him. Lennon is sacrificed for a new goalkeeper in James.
14 min:</STRONG> Rio Ferdinand stands around, dreaming of smoking a cigarette. He lets a long ball, and then Milevskiy, scoot past him and free into the area. Green comes out, the striker goes over him to ground, and that's a penalty.
12 min:</STRONG> Terry shows Lennon how it's done by swinging a beautiful cross from the right towards Rooney in the centre. The striker swings and misses. But enough of that...
11 min:</STRONG> Lennon finds some more space down the right, and once again wastes the ball by swinging his leg at it in the random jazz style.
8 min:</STRONG> England finally pop out of their box, Lennon wheeching down the right and winning a corner despite delivering a bloody awful cross from a very dangerous position - surprise there! From Gerrard's corner, Heskey heads powerfully over.
7 min:</STRONG> Terry lumbers around, as is his wont, and crashes Kobin to the floor. A free kick's swung into the area from the right, but is easily headed clear. It's been all Ukraine, this, if you disregard the two minutes the pitch was on fire.
4 min:</STRONG> Shevchenko roars down the inside right channel a  阅读全文>>