Dwight Yorke was quite simply inspirational with his tireless display in Trinidad and Tobago’s 0-0 draw against Sweden in their opening match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, earning him recognition as the Budweiser Man of the Match.
Known for his goalscoring prowess during his years in the English Premiership with Aston Villa and Manchester United, Yorke seemed to be everywhere on the pitch as he helped T&T, who played almost the entire second half with ten men, nullify Sweden’s attacking trio of Henrik Larsson, Freddie Ljungberg, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
“He was every bit the leader of the team on the pitch today,” said FIFA Technical Study Group member Roy Hodgson. “His vision and leadership in attack and defence was absolutely first-class and his fighting spirit all match long truly personified his team's performance.”
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Saturday, June 10, 2006
England 1 Paraguay 0
England lucky to come away with a victory in their opening game, other than the first 20 minutes they were pretty much outplayed by Paraguay.
England started off strongly when they scored after Beckham's free kick scraped Gamarras's hair and went into the net, and then threatened Paraguay numerous times afterwards. The poor Paraguayuan goalie got himself injured after coming out to clear a ball and apparently he wont be playing anymore in the tournament. His substitute goalie did pretty well though looking assured in goal and pulling off several good saves against Lampard.
Both teams were just scrapping it out in midfield, with strikers losing out to tight defences. Owen and Crouch especially just didnt click, with Owen looking rusty and Crouch losing lots of balls and underperforming. Even his knockdowns and flickons which are his main strengths failed to do anything cos the referee din like him and kept blowing against him.
Paraguay also din look dangerous, with Santa Cruz whos supposed to be their danger man not getting much service. Nelson Valdez tho looked super lively on the right flank, with Ashley Cole and Terry to thank for keeping him covered well.
If England keeps this form up it seems unlikely that they'll do too well, especially with their only goal coming from quite a fluke. While they had a few bright sparks especially with Joe Cole and Lampard doing well they couldnt get the killer pass, with quite a few crosses just flying over Crouch harmlessly. England will have to rely on their setpieces to score, with Beckham's deliveries looking very dangerous.
England started off strongly when they scored after Beckham's free kick scraped Gamarras's hair and went into the net, and then threatened Paraguay numerous times afterwards. The poor Paraguayuan goalie got himself injured after coming out to clear a ball and apparently he wont be playing anymore in the tournament. His substitute goalie did pretty well though looking assured in goal and pulling off several good saves against Lampard.
Both teams were just scrapping it out in midfield, with strikers losing out to tight defences. Owen and Crouch especially just didnt click, with Owen looking rusty and Crouch losing lots of balls and underperforming. Even his knockdowns and flickons which are his main strengths failed to do anything cos the referee din like him and kept blowing against him.
Paraguay also din look dangerous, with Santa Cruz whos supposed to be their danger man not getting much service. Nelson Valdez tho looked super lively on the right flank, with Ashley Cole and Terry to thank for keeping him covered well.
If England keeps this form up it seems unlikely that they'll do too well, especially with their only goal coming from quite a fluke. While they had a few bright sparks especially with Joe Cole and Lampard doing well they couldnt get the killer pass, with quite a few crosses just flying over Crouch harmlessly. England will have to rely on their setpieces to score, with Beckham's deliveries looking very dangerous.
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