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Bloomin' heck, that combined the best and worst football I've seen for a while.
Good fun, but both teams need to be a bit more consistent if they're going to get through the next round...

Sunday morning should be interesting.

Shame about T&T they played a fun game.

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Sweden impressed me. The way they could really mix up their speed on attack to catch England's defense flatfooted led to a lot of oppurtunities.

Besides that, it is a lot more fun to watch football when you are not horridly afraid for how "your" team is going to do....

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