England 0 - 7 Portugal
Half-time 0-3
Excellent first 15 minutes of the game as England played same level as Portugal. We were very focused and consistent on our man to man restricted making Portugal run out of ideas. During this period we create 4 good opportunities as well as missing a direct free hit before Portugal scored their first goal 4 minutes to go. In the last minute of the first half we conceded 2 more goals from defence mistakes. Portugal dominated the second half due to tiredness of our players which is normal considering most of our players train once a week whilst Portuguese are professional training 4 times a week.
Overall England had one the best performance against one the top team in the world, well done.
Ian Morrison comments after the game:
It was a really professional effort from everyone with good attitude. Anytime of the game the team put the heads down. The defence is a lot more stronger and if it was not for fitness we could probably held up longer. We are now trying to play against teams like Portugal rather then sit back. Now we look forward to play Switzerland and with the same attitude we can cause an upset.
