England followed up their solid opening victory against Croatia with an underwhelming midweek performance against a Ghanaian side that came for a point and earned it with relative ease. Had their been a different set of officials in that game, England's qualification from Group L could still be in the balance, a couple of characteristic defensive moments of inadequacy threatening to reward the Black Stars for their own ruthlessly effective defensive performance that nullified

Tomorrow sees England looking to confirm their place in the Round of 32 when they take on Ghana in Boston. An opening victory last Wednesday against an ageing Croatia side highlighted both the strengths and weaknesses of this England team. Our defensive concerns were on show in the first half, a stodgy opening gradually being offset by a razor-sharp attack that, in the opening 20 minutes of the second half, had goalkeeper Livaković single-handedly keeping the score to a respe