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Being an avid football follower and supporter of Sunderland and England, you can probably guess that I'm feeling ever so slightly disappointed at the moment. So I decided to go home last night and cheer myself up by reliving that glorious day, you know the one, 1st September 2001 (I'm too young to remember 1966). The 2002 World Cup group 9 qualifier at the Munich stadium. The Vital game England needed to win to achieve automatic qualification. Germany 1 - Engeeerrlaaanndd Fivvvveee!!! I can still hear the chants now.
The starting whistle blows and the game kicks off. German striker, Janker takes advantage of England's ball watching defence and delivers what the England supporters believe to be the fatal blow in the 6th minute with the opening goal of the game. Then something amazing happened, something we hadn't seen for a long time and very rarely seen since. The England team played good professional football.
The running commentary from John Motson and Trevor brooking just adds to the hype and excitement when Owen restored the fans faith in the 12th minute with an equalizer that would later go on to make up his hat Rick. Good old Stevie G belts one in the back of the net smack bang on half time, and then it was Heskey 's turn to deliver the fifth and final goal for England. "Scholes again,now…. Heskeys to his left unmarked, Emile Heskey, could it be 5?..........YES IT IS!" John Motson.
Even Sven-Goran Eriksson was quoted saying, "it seems like a Dream, it's unbelievable", well Sven, it's not and I've got the DVD to prove it. This game should go down in history as one of the best world cup qualifiers of all time. It was fast paced electrifying professional football from start to finish, an in my opinion Stevie G's 30 yarder was the best goal of the game.
The layout of the DVD is superb. If you don't want to watch the full-length game for the 56th time (okay I'm exaggerating, it's only about ten) then you can pick from any of the 12 starting positions from the title screen. You can choose any of the goals - there are plenty of them, pre match build up, post match reactions, celebrations and more. Also included are the all important match line-ups and statistic, quite funny really, we only had 39% possession and still scored 5 goals.
I did find one let down with the DVD. It boasts of special features, which include player cams, player statistics, goal frenzy and under 21 highlights. I have been through this DVD from start to finish, in and out of every menu, but I am yet to find any of these.
I got mine given as a present many moons ago, but you can pick it up now from Amazon new for £1.50. So would I recommend this to potential buyers? Most definitely YES, and at that price go out and get it now before it becomes a collectors item and increases.
Runtime is approx 120 minutes and is exempt from classification.
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A great night,but i fear we will never see the likes of again.
dharma.roy 29.11.2007 19:24
i remember the day they won, nice to see a dvd of england at their best for such a low price. At the momewnt they are showin no signs of being contenders for the world cup. euro 2008 they already out of which is a shame.
lustba 28.11.2007 22:59
Nice review, and what a game!! I didn't know you were a Sunderland fan, might have to take you out of my circle of trust.
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