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The scary thought that everyone is pondering but nobody is brave enough to say is that if Fabio Capello, who has won league titles with every club he has managed, can’t turn England around, then nobody can. And so far things aren’t looking too good.
Here are five reasons why England will lose to Croatia again, according to the prophets at chickendinner:
1. Since gaining their independence, Croatia are unbeaten in all 35 home qualifying matches.
2. Croatia have lost just one of their 16 competitive matches in 90 minutes under Slaven Bilic - an away qualifier against Macedonia when their Euro 2008 place was already confirmed.
3. Bilic also has an unbeaten 2-0 record against the Three Lions since taking over - winning the Euro 2008 home qualifier 2-0 and the away game 3-2.
4. England have won just four of their last eight away qualifiers - against Macedonia and minnows Andorra (twice) and Estonia.
5. In only one of their last five qualifying campaigns have England won their opening two away games.
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7 responses so far
1 Reinhold Messner // Sep 10, 2008 at 12:13 pm
It’s probably best that Satsuma Sports won’t let us watch the game, it’s going to be dire
2 The Big Football // Sep 10, 2008 at 2:08 pm
I don’t see why all this negative thoughts are thrown at England, it is the kind of game that could go either way…
3 lolololol OWNED // Sep 10, 2008 at 9:21 pm
4-1 4-14-1 england owned cratia 4-1 ahahahah
4 lolololol OWNED // Sep 10, 2008 at 9:22 pm
croatia*
5 Alex // Sep 10, 2008 at 9:24 pm
How much of a twat does Ryan Bailey fell now!!
6 Alex // Sep 10, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Feel*
I feel like a twat now. Cant even bloody spell
7 Neal // Sep 10, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I’ll give you three reasons why England will beat Croatia:
1. Arsenal’s Theo Walcott
2. Tottenham’s Vedran Corluka
3. Tottenham’s Luca Modric