There's a reason for it and why risk blowing your lead if you don't have to. You still get three points regardless of how many goals you scored. And right now England is unbeaten and can look forward to their next game. We Americans lose sight of the fact a win is a win and you don't need win big to be a champ. In football, you can do it by shutting down the other side. Paraguay has some good players but they're not in the same league as heavyweights Argentina and Brazil, the quintessential South American giants in the sport. Brazil after all won the Jules Rimet Cup three times and in 1970 became the greatest football country in the world, period. Although I think Germany still has the home field advantage. After their stellar performance yesterday, I think they have a good shot of making the final next month.
I didn't think their performance was stellar at all. They scored four goals but their defence was a shambles and they conceded two goals.
England's defence by contrast was well organised but we played a team hell bent on defence.
Germany have the easiest group and will be defeated early on in the knockout stage.
England always start off slowly in these things so a win is good news. We need to get Wayne Rooney fit though as he is the man who can beat teams like Argentina and Brazil.