15 Years on, Germany 1, England 5

[SantaClausisanEvertonian]

Let's face it- the more time that passes since 1966, the less that English football has to shout about. Personally, I don't think we've had anything whatsoever to shout about since Euro 96. Everything since then has been average at best and the 5-1 was of little or no consequence.

 

[ftk43]

As somebody who's a neutral:

Here's how Germany fared in the WC since i started watching football:
-2nd in South Korea/Japan
-3rd in Germany
-4th in South Africa
-Won it in Brazil while thumping the home team 7-1

What i remember about England perfomances:
-Ronaldinho owning Seaman in 2002
-don't really remember them in '06 (going out by penalties?)
- 2010. That Green howler and a thumping in the 1/8 by guess who? Germany.
-Finishing 4th (?) in their group in Brazil.

My point us: why would someone even bring up some game that happened 15 years ago? Not something that an actual rival to Germany would do.

 

[kenada_blue]

Annnnd 13 years later Germany won the World Cup after overhauling their entire footballing system.

2 years after that, England got knocked out of a Euros by Iceland.

Rather embarrassing all this. Seems theres only 3 great moments for the england national side - 66 World Cup. Gazza goal against Scotland. And this.