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England Team Profile – 2010 FIFA World Cup

Angela Asante, June 6 2010,
At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Group C will feature the likes of England, the USA, Algeria, and Slovenia, LiveSoccerTV.com picks England after Slovenia as the site pursues its coverage on the 32 participants.

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England – the country, the football

The United Kingdom’s most powerful nation, England, is a European country separated from the continent by the English Channel and bordered by waters everywhere. On the North West, England has the Irish Sea while the North Sea flows on the east and the Celtic Sea sweeps the territory’s South West coasts.

England is believed to be a very ancient country inhabited by settled Germanic tribes since the 5th century. History explains that the country’s name originates from one of these tribes – the Angles. Unlike countries like France or Germany, the English people possess a Royal Family with Queen Elizabeth II being the current ruler. England have a very long story behind them, mostly characterized by the Black Slavery, colonialism, the Anglican Church, and several wars.

 

Since the end of the World War II in 1945, hostilities and conflicts virtually don’t exist in England anymore. However, they still have an army that has been fighting every time in honor of the country’s flag and anthem “God Save the Queen, Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory”:

This army is England's national soccer team, The Three Lions. The year 1966 will forever be remembered in England’s entire history because of the country’s first and only triumph in the World Cup. After four consecutive attempts since 1950, The Three Lions finally brought the World Cup trophy home at the delight of millions of fans.

In 2006, English supporters thought that the 40 years of waiting would finally be over but this was not the case. In the quarter-finals, 120 barren minutes of football followed by a 3-1 loss in the penalty shoot-outs against Portugal at the World Cup in Germany meant that England’s hopes were destroyed.

After enduring more pain as they failed to qualify for the 2008 European Championship, England seem to have found light in the end. Since the appointment of Italian manager Fabio Capello, The Three Lions look stronger and they are ready to roar in hunger and to devour their preys during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

England – the road to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

England's captain John Terry erupts in joy and celebration as England finally beat Ukraine to maintain their perfect record. Rooney and Ferdinand run in celebrations as well.

When England kicked off their 2010 World Cup qualification campaign, the eyes of the entire nation were on Fabio Capello as the 63-year-old’s credibility was about to be truly tested. The Three Lions were under pressure to win automatic tickets from Group 6 which also contained the likes of rivals Croatia (who inflicted agony on England after disqualifying them from the finals of Euro 2008 on the last day of the qualifiers).

England started on September 6, 2008 with a 2-0 victory away to Andorra which didn’t really convince the public. Four days later, Fabio Capello had to lead his men at the Stadion Maksimir to face Slaven Bilic’s fierce Croatians in a crunch game.

In England, expectations on The Three Lions to revenge themselves against Croatia by winning were high, although anxiety and disbelief were also there. Unexpectedly, this game turned out to be so different from everyone’s predictions. Arsenal youngster Theo Walcott emerged as the hero of the match as his historic hat-trick earned England an emphatic 4-1 victory over t

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