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Article: Resolute England establish their case; ENGLAND 2 TUNISIA 0.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- June 16, 1998
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Alan Shearer and Paul Scholes put a smile back on the face of English football, just as the reputation of our national game was in danger of being dragged to the depths of the Mediterranean.
Against a backdrop of violence on the streets of Marseilles, Shearer's 19th international goal and Scholes' fourth hammered out the message that England have no intention of allowing ofhe-field disturbances to distract them from their task in France'98.
By no stretch of the imagination was it a classic performance by Glenn Hoddle's men at the Stade Velodrome, but the ...