Great Britain 3-1 United Arab Emirates

Substitutes keep Team GB on track

July 29, 2012
By John Brewin, Wembley
(Archive)
Football still sits uneasily as part of London 2012 but it will greatly help the Olympic tournament that the host nation is still alive and kicking. For periods, it looked as if Team GB had amalgamated the deficiencies of the 'home nations' and might even lose to the United Arab Emirates but two substitutes spared British blushes.

A draw in Cardiff in the next match against what looks a defensively vulnerable Uruguay should be enough for progress. Get past that, and Team GB's hopes of ...

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