For nearly an hour, Sam Allardyce's new-look England looked a lot like Roy Hodgson's old-look England and not just because eight of the starting XI were holdovers from the Iceland humiliation. Heck, even Wayne Rooney was playing in that very same hard-to-work-out position.
Then Martin Skrtel got sent off and Allardyce's men came to life. Adam Lallana's goal may have come very late, but England deserved it. The problem is, of course, that most of the time they won't be playing with a man advantage.
Messi won't be rushed back from injury
Normal service has resumed. Lionel Messi returned to the Argentina national team, thereby unretiring, and scored the winner against Uruguay. The Albiceleste is back atop South American qualifying.
The down side is that Messi had to come off with a groin issue. He'll miss Tuesday's clash against cellar-dwelling Venezuela and you wouldn't expect him to line up against Alaves at the weekend, either.
His camp say it's a purely precautionary measure. It makes total sense. Messi is not getting younger and groin injuries are not something to be messed with. Expect Barcelona to give him all the time he needs.
For nearly an hour, Sam Allardyce's new-look England looked a lot like Roy Hodgson's old-look England and not just because eight of the starting XI were holdovers from the Iceland humiliation. Heck, even Wayne Rooney was playing in that very same hard-to-work-out position.Then Martin Skrtel got sent off and Allardyce's men came to life. Adam Lallana's goal may have come very late, but England deserved it. The problem is, of course, that most of the time they won't be playing with a man advantage.Messi won't be rushed back from injuryNormal service has resumed. Lionel Messi returned to the Argentina national team, thereby unretiring, and scored the winner against Uruguay. The Albiceleste is back atop South American qualifying.The down side is that Messi had to come off with a groin issue. He'll miss Tuesday's clash against cellar-dwelling Venezuela and you wouldn't expect him to line up against Alaves at the weekend, either.His camp say it's a purely precautionary measure. It makes total sense. Messi is not getting younger and groin injuries are not something to be messed with. Expect Barcelona to give him all the time he needs.
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