You may stand on one side of the spectrum that detests football with a passion and will throw a fit at the mere sound of a Vuvuzela or you may embrace what is commonly regarded as the 'beautiful game', living it, watching it, debating about it, passionately.
Regardless of where you fall, you couldn't have missed the hype and hysteria that led up to the game, and the political aftermath that ensued after it.
With the World War firmly in the mind of the patriotic English, and the Germans too, the England Germany fixture saw Germany have the last bragging laugh as they 'Mullered' England 4-1.
With the World War firmly in the mind of the patriotic English, and the Germans too, the England Germany fixture saw Germany have the last bragging laugh as they 'Mullered' England 4-1.
The goals? Well put plainly, the first was a basic defensive error, taught at school boy level. Letting the ball bounce from a goal kick, bad positioning, a lack of will, a lack of hunger.
The second? Bad positioning, with a cool finish from Podolski, the German attacker who manages to score more than Russel Brand.
England did claw one back after Gerrard managed to put in a cross that showed a glimpse of the player he is for Liverpool with Upson meeting it with his head to make it 2-1.
But after a Frank Lampard effort which hit the underside of the cross bar and went in which 40,00 people and millions watching at home could see, but not the linesman or his fourth official.
The rest of the goals were swift, composed counter attacks. As England poured forward to salvage something from what has been a disappointing World Cup campaign, Germany hit them on the break, the type of football swift counter attacking football we saw back when Arsenal were a team that won trophies.
Fact is, we could talk for ages about the disallowed goal, about how bad England played but the problem is bigger than that.
Now the hard part....
Now the hard part....
