England v. Mexico: A Brief Rundown

Well, just a few weeks until South Africa and about a week left to cut the England Squad down to the final 23. England took on Mexico in a warm up friendly at Wembley statdium, but their victory was not what the 3-1 scoreline would seem.

Mexico came out strong in the first half and had several decent chances and looked like they were controlling the game. It was actually worrying for the England team as Mexico looked the better team until the 17th minute when Ledley King sprayed a decent ball down the left which was slightly over hit and found by Leighton Baines before he lost it to the Mexican defender for a corner. The corner came in a and was put back in from the back post by Peter Crouch to King and the Tottenham captain put it away. From that point on, England seemed to be the better team. Mexico had a number of chances through the first half but Crouch got a lucky goal which came of his arm as it came down after being deflected high off the crossbar. Mexico again kept asking questions but couldn't score until a hobbling Guillermo Franco scored off a badly defended corner right at halftime. After the half, England came back out and Glen Johnson scored a great strike with is left foot from the top of the eighteen. From there, the Mexican fire seemed to be put out and the Mexican wave began to go around Wembley.

It was a good game for England overall, but I think there were a couple of issues. I think the England team came out at the beginning looking nervous due to the dodgy Wembley pitch which took another victim in the Championship Playoff Final on Saturday. It seemed to take Franco today as well, but hopefully he will be alright. After the initial nerves wore off, England looked fairly decent. They were inventive, played well as a team and looked the better squad. I do think that Walcott was poor once again as I think he only really had one cross which was worth anything. His pace was wasted as he doesn't seem to know how to go at people, and his vision was poor as he waited to long to notice and passed to Wayne Rooney late leaving him offside. I am not sure if Capello thinks Walcott is his starter on the right or if he is worried about Lennon getting hurt again. Hopefully he is trying to figure out who will be the backup on the right wing knowing Lennon is the man.

Joe Hart and Adam Johnson were fantastic to see tonight, and I was proud to see 5 of the 6 Tottenham players get a chance to play. I was disappointed that Michael Dawson didn't get a chance and that We didn't see Stephen Warnock and Matty Upson didn't get time either. I get the feeling Capello really is not sure who he is bringing yet.