After England’s humiliatingly poor defeat to Germany in the 2010 World Cup on 27 June, which knocked England out of the tournament – the team that were supposedly third favourites, (according to pre-tournament World Cup odds) it left most of the UK wondering not just how they lost, but why.

Supposedly fielding the 11 best players in English football, it’s complicated to understand why England not only lost the match, but why they lost by such a large margin (which, coincidentally, is England’s heaviest loss in any World Cup to date).

If you’re confused prescription cialis online about why England lost, these 6 reasons should help make the whole debacle a little clearer.

1. Rooney isn’t on form – whilst he may have scored 34 games for Manchester United last season, he hasn’t scored an England goal since he was in the squad that faced Croatia on 9 September 2009.

Looking tired, cumbersome and just generally awkward on the pitch, this left him obviously frustrated, which showed in the fact that he never really got going in the tournament.

2. The squad miss Ferdinand – generally speaking, the England defence against Germany was poor. The two centre halves were all over the pitch, seeming to venture over to Glen Johnson’s or Ashley Cole’s areas, whilst Johnson and Cole themselves had a poor game passing and marking wise, although they did play OK in terms of their tackling.

It was obvious that they missed Rio Ferdinand, one of the most commanding centre halves of modern football. Ruled out of the World Cup days before it was due to start because Kamagra Gold of a knee injury, his absence has left many realising just how much of an impact he actually has on the team.

3. They also miss Beckham – one of the areas where the team fell short was on corners and penalties. Lampard was in charge of the free kicks and apart from one or two that were on target, the rest were poor and the corners seemed to be awarded to whoever was closest.

Beckham might be 35 years old – regarded as an age were midfielders are just past their best – but no one can fault his free kick or corner taking and it was obvious that the team missed this quality.

4. The referees are blind, apparently – just before the half-time whistle and moments after Matthew Upson’s goal (at that point his and England’s saving grace), Frank Lampard took a shot from the edge of the box, lobbing it right over the head of Neuer, Germany’s goalkeeper.

Unfortunately, although the ball blatantly crossed the line, neither the referee nor his assistants seemed to see it, even though every one of the 40,510 football fans in the stadium did.

5. Capello brought Heskey on – the fact that Capello brought Heskey on isn’t the major problem here. The guy has got a lot to prove, seems to always try his hardest and Capello obviously believes in him. The problem is that Capello brought him on at completely the wrong time – England needed a goal, so rather than keep Defoe on, who’s scored 12 goals in his international career, he brought Emile Heskey on, who has only scored 7 England goals since he started playing for the first team in 1999.

6. Matthew Upson was abysmal – there’s no two ways about it, apart from his few seconds of beauty when he scored the one and only England goal, Matthew Upson was completely and utterly atrocious.

He wasn’t playing in position, he wasn’t marking his man, he was playing too deep on occasions and he wasn’t listening to his other players. Robert Green might have made the ultimate mistake in the first game of the tournament, but he was generally playing well. Matthew Upson, however, is a completely different story.

Author Bio: Vickram Chandrer is a world cup betting writer specialising in World Cup odds. You can receive great World Cup odds at VictorChandler.com

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