last night, we saw a very defensive minded England formation against Les Blues,the French side. England defensive shape was exactly the same as Chelsea who won the European Cup a fortnight ago. England sat deep and defended their goal while France passed the ball around the English team. France could not penetrate the defensive wall of England until Lescott gave England the lead.A dubious freekick was given to England and the Three Lions skipper, Steven Gerrard let the ball flew and met the head of the Manchester City defender to head the ball passed Hugo Lloris. Nine minutes later, England who had 8 players in the penalty box were shocked after Lescott's club mate Nasri scored the equalizer. After the goals, the game turned up to be a boring game as both side were afraid of losing and did not want to over commit to score the winning goal. The second game of group D saw Ukraine won the game by scoring 2 goals and let one in. Their skipper and also talisman scored both goals . Shevchenko ,35,lead by example by leading his team by beating one of the thoughest opponents in this group.
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