Did Fabio Really Say England Outplayed Us?

Am incredulously sitting in the SMC, listening to the post-match press conference. England's coach just said to the world's media England deserved to win the match with the U.S. "The result is not good," Capello said. Look at this photo, coach, the result could have been worse .... for you.

In the end, the match ended 1-1. One would only know that were you paying attention at Royal Bafokeng Stadium, as neither the scoreboard, nor clock, was working for the match. On hand were
38,646, in the tournament's smallest venue for one of the Group Stage's highest profile matches. A guesstimate would put the partisans at 75-25, England, but in the final minutes of the match, the chants of USA! USA! USA!, were the loudest and sorry, Fabio, the most poignant of the night.

Wanted to get this quick post up, to show the photo of what could have been, and congratulate Clint Dempsey on his clutch goal before halftime, which made him only the second American to score in consecutive World Cups, joining Brian McBride in that exclusive club.

More from this match in the next posting. Time to start the two-hour trip back to Pretoria. The road  leading back is one lane, and everyone is headed in that direction.

OK, one last photo, this was real action photography, as it was shot during the brief instance the scoreboard flickered to life in the second half. Good enough .....

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