The whole of England is overjoyed by the way their team slaughtered Panama 6 - 1 to qualify for the Quarter Finals of the FIFA World Cup ! The reactions are totally different from those after the first match painfully won at the last gasp against Tunisia ! (1)
However, England's jubilation should be judged in its context. This is the first time that Panama has qualified for the Finals (at the expense of the USA !) of the FIFA World Cup ! England has a population of 53 million and Panama has only 4 million ! The expertise of the English players was clearly visible during the game.
Panama scored their first World Cup goal in the game against England. And no English Team before had ever scored more than 4 goals in any Game, even in 1966 when England won the World Cup !
When England encounter more experienced teams later, like Brazil for example, we shall quickly know how good the English players really are !
(1) Read the article : "World Cup : Lucky England beat Tunisia".
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