Fabio coppello’s first competitive match saw England soccer team labor to a 2-0 victory against a team of part time footballers ranked 186th in the World rankings and who play their home games at Barcelona’s Nau Camp Stadium because their country is so small it cannot justify a national stadium.
Andorra can take pride from the fact that they went in at half time all square at 0-0 while the England fans who had made the trip were left wondering what was happening.
In Coppello’s defence, he left several established stars on the bench in preperation for the much tougher game on Wednesday against Croatia.
It was one of those stars, Chelsea’s Joe Cole who came on for the start of the second half to instantly make an impact with the first of his 2 goals.
David Beckham also came on later in the match and the team took on a much more balanced appearance. The England fans and media need to realize that being an Italian, Copello is only interested in the result so to him the night was a great success.
The English media, while probably not happy with the performance will hold off total attack while the results are good. Beware though Mr Copello, start losing and playing badly and they will be after your blood. The fans can take a loss as long as they are playing entertaining football but can cope with poor football if the results are good.
Something will either have to improve or give.
