By Leon Osman Leon Osman returns for his latest Footballers' Football Column, all about the World Cup. Osman was not selected by Roy Hodgson for a place in Brazil this summer but was involved in the England squad during the qualifying campaign. He runs the rule over England's first game of the campaign against Italy, the unfortunate nature of their defeat and how they can improve going forward. Well, where do I start? After all of the hype and excitement over the last few weeks, our opening game of the World Cup ended in defeat. However, losing to the 2006 World Champions was certainly no disgrace and I felt that there were plenty of positives to take from the performance.
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Osman thinks England gave a good account of themselves against Italy
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Andrea Pirlo was the class act on the night pulling the strings in midfield
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England looked exciting but should have been braver after equaliser
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Wayne Rooney and Leighton Baines can both recover from difficult nights
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Luis Suarez will cause problems for England on his Uruguay return
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