With a slightly clearer head, I can at least try to make a bit more sense of this utter crap.
Once again we froze the moment pressure was on. An attacking line up was fielded, but was employed far too cautiously. We really should have finished them off in the first half, when we had the better of the proceedings. I think that the late first half equalizer was especially damaging.
Aragones' second half substitutions were somewhat puzzling, very impatient, and greatly decreased our scoring chances. France was allowed to alter our style of play far too much in the second half.
And yet, despite all that, despite the fact that we were not playing well, the score was only 1-1 and we still had as much a chance of winning as the French. I don't want to take anything away from the other players, as they played well enough (in the case of Ribery and Sagnol extremely well) but ultimately, the game was swung by a dive from that disgraceful c*nt Henry. I'm not going to say that 'the French' are cheating bastards, but Henry certainly is. And he didn't do a damn thing all game except get caught offsides either.
