Calamity Carson
It’s been a year since Scott Carson’s howler against Croatia. The England keeper spilled a long-range Niko Kranjčar shot to gift the Croats the opening goal in a 3-2 defeat. England failed to qualify for Euro 2008 as a result.
Just as Carson’s gaffe was fading from the national consciousness, he blundered again last night. A mix-up with skipper John Terry handed Germany an equaliser and reminded everyone that he’s not a safe pair of hands.
It was Patrick Helmes who took advantage of the English indecision, although ultimately to no avail. Terry sealed a 2-1 win six minutes from full-time. Both second-half goals are in the embedded video. The highlights of the first half are here.
November 21st, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Pity there was no happy ending.