England 2, Trinidad & Tobago 0

For about an hour after England's defeat of Paraguay, the story in Group B was the hugely hyped but largely uninspired England winning on a lone own goal. That was, however, until tiny and determined T&T drew heavily favored Sweden 0-0.

It looked here as if Trinidad might repeat their previous achievement. England failed to press the advantage of their overwhelmingly talented squad for over 80 minutes. Peter Crouch looked no sharper than a bowling ball, botching wide open chances on several occasions. His striking partner, Michael Owen, buzzed around for the better part of an hour accomplishing nothing. Frank Lampard was prepared to shoot on goal from just about anywhere in the offensive third, without actually shooting the ball on goal.

All's well that ends well for England, though, as the need for a goal and a win finally began to bring the side out of their stupor. Wayne Rooney's appearance also seemed to bolster England, and good late goals from Crouch and Gerrard clinched their spot in the Round of 16.