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Article: After all the nightmares, ghostbuster Fab delivers dreamland; LIONS SOUTH AFRICA-BOUND ENGLAND 5 CROATIA 1 THE GROUP 6 SHOWDOWN.(Sport)
- Article from:
- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 10, 2009
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Byline: Oliver Holt
ENGLAND'S recent history is haunted by so many ghosts it has sometimes seemed as if they needed an exorcist as much as a manager.
Lingering images of disillusion and disappointment are so firmly lodged in their football psyche now that success is often treated only as a prelude to failure.
But when England destroyed Croatia with a powerful exhibition of poetic, beautiful football last night to record their eighth successive qualifying victory and book their place at next year's World Cup finals, Fabio Capello stood triumphantly ...