SO after a loong break it was the time for the Next Round of the World Cup 2011 Qualification and England has to face two of the strongest competitors Austria and Spain.
Reason enough for the German :) to travel to England to support England on their way to Germany 2011. After finally theFA decided to announce the Venues like 8 weeks before the Games -all came to LONDON! Never been here before so I was really happy and exited..cant say about what more, beeing in this amazing town or about witnessing LIVE these two games - make a guess :)
So finally the day had come...the First Qualifier would take place at the Lovely QPR Loftus Road :) some of the Fans were meeting up before and it was nice finally meeting them all in PERSON instead of just speaking on Facebook,Twitter and all these new media! Well what should say, we had a blast time and well time flies when you are having fun..so I was never that late for a Game as yesterday :O)
Arriving at the QPR we went to our uncovered seats...no need to mention that it was raining cats and dogs ! and Kick-Off was like immediately!
England had some few changes... Karen Carney and Anita Asante still absent due to their injury (recovery) and OH YEAH ..Kelly Smith was in the stands, cos her knee was causing trouble and the decision was as she said " Looking at the bigger picture!" THE SPAIN GAME
England started very well..although sometimes we were worried about those nb 4 and 14 of Austria... :) well we havent said it to ourselves, Hope Powell was already shouting those numbers ;)
Oh btw... we were standing in the first row so we decided to give some advice to the Austrian Nb 4 to "PULL UP YOUR SOCKS" :) well even in German (Austrians speak German) she didnt respond..
oh and btw chanting.. I HAVE TO COMPLAIN A BIT AT THIS POINT.. when it comes to Chanting and Rooting...the England Fans ( and I am not talking about the Kids cos they ARE doing it!) have to practise a bit more for the WORLD CUP in Germany..
I will try to translate some of the usual Chants singing in the German Stadiums ;)
plenty of time to increase that LOL
no wonder that no one heard me shouting "Come on England"
oh and my Favorite " Bard(sley) for nr 1"
England was the way better team with some nice playing but after the 1-0 in the 16th minute from Sanderson suddenly Austria had two big chances which was saved by Bardsley and the other cannoned off the bar (like this expression thanks to theFa.com match report :)
Halftime was 1-0 and time to get a bit dryer..well I dont know if I was dryer afterwards but a nice tea made it a bit warmer ;)
...to be continued
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