“Most Important Tackle Ever”

June 27th, 2006 | By: Trent | 4 Comments »

Was Ashley Cole’s effort to nick Carlos Tenorio’s 10th-minute shot against England–a shot which hit the crossbar thanks to Cole–merely a magnificent defensive play or was it the “most important tackle ever”.

Well, I know what they mean. And it was a great play that without a doubt saved England from going down early 1-0. Fair play to Cole.

This photograph from Reuters shows the scene just before Cole got his leg on the ball.

Tags: Ashley Cole, Carlos Tenorio, Ecuador, England

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By Scrapple | June 27th, 2006 at 1:49 pm

I’m sorry but that was the defensive play of the tournament, and I was pulling for Ecuador. That was a definite goal had his leg not barely deflected the shot.

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By geekpie | June 27th, 2006 at 11:54 pm

So he got in the way, but I really can’t see what Ashley Cole brings to the team. He can’t tackle or head, he’s not particularly fast and he often passes to players under more pressure than he is. When he very occasionally runs at players he normally falls over. He slows the game down where England benefit from a fast game. His attitude is bad: frequently calls the ref a ****ing ***ker which the whole world sees and thinks “That’s the English”.

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By michel platini | June 28th, 2006 at 7:31 am

geekpie…do you even watch football?

ashley cole is not particularly fast?

you are a fucking moron. go blow yourself.

By Abz | June 28th, 2006 at 7:01 pm

i think that if you complain about your team your not a true supporter & as for you geekpie who the hell do you think you are! so he cant run fast i’d bet he’d beet you at running spanner!

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