Football: LOVE HURTS FOR TOSH; BRAZIL 2 WALES 0 Marcelo, Vagner sink brave Wales.Byline: By MARTIN ROGERS JOHN TOSHACK John Benjamin Toshack OBE (born 22 March 1949) is a football manager and former player. He is the current manager of the Welsh national football team. Life and playing career praised his Wales players for their plucky pluck·y adj. pluck·i·er, pluck·i·est Having or showing courage and spirit in trying circumstances. See Synonyms at brave. pluck resistance as they withstood Brazil for more than an hour before slipping to defeat. Manager Toshack introduced several youngsters against the former world champions at Tottenham's White Hart Lane
White Hart Lane is the home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. It is situated in Tottenham, North London. and they did not let him down. Toshack made a point of congratulating every one of his players for their refusal to be overawed by some of the most famous players in the world. Goals from Marcelo and Vagner Love in the second half settled a match which by then had already turned into a substitution free-for-all. Toshack, faced an uphill battle to restoring morale following Wales's defeat to the Czech Republic on Saturday, said: "We have to move on from here. It is not going to be easy but there are certainly some positive signs for the future." MATCH REPORT - PAGE 50 CAPTION(S): NUTS: Robert Earnshaw is floored after missing a chance against Brazil. Inset: Vagner Love heads the second goal |
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