Efficient:
England cruised to an uninspiring 3-1 win after a lacklustre second half display from the visitors that is sure to displease their boss Javier Aguirre. The Mexicans played the more attractive football and were unlucky to go in trailing at half time. Their fortune was summed up in the tenth minute when Ricardo Osorio broke free on the right flank and delivered an inviting cross that eluded both Carlos Vela and the veteran Guille Franco.
A few minutes later Steven Gerrard required treatment for a head wound after being clattered from behind by Efraín Juárez. Had it not been a friendly, Juárez would probably have received a yellow card – he would have deserved it. Gerrard required a couple of minutes to be patched up. It was worth it as Liverpoolʼs talisman took the corner that carved open the Mexican defence.
Peter Crouch nodded the the ball back to Ledley King whose glancing header gave goalkeeper Óscar Pérez no chance after seventeen minutes. King had only scored once before for England. Chronic knee problems had curtailed his opportunities – it was his first international for three years. He completed the ninety minutes and committed only one foul.
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 When West Ham entertained Bolton on October 5th 2008 the visitors claimed an improbable 3-1 victory with goals by Kevin Davies and Gary Cahill to give the visitors a 2-0 lead at half-time. Carlton Cole pulled one back with slightly more than twenty minutes remaining before a Matthew Taylor thunderbolt snuffed out the Hammers’ hopes in the last five minutes. Judging by the post-match press conferences of the managers it appears that they must have been watching different games.
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About a quarter of a century ago, while in club management in his native country, former Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari declared that the 'beautiful game was dead,' and also complained that his team did not commit enough fouls, yet his Brasil side played open attacking football in 2002 and so did Portugal. It was the type of football that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich wanted and Avram Grant delivered in part, but ultimately without success. Scolari tried to deliver, but found to his cost that if a team has no intention of playing football, the game can quickly turn ugly.
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