Beckenbauer blasts England’s ‘kick and rush football’

(GSM) – Franz Beckenbauer has hit out at England after their poor performance against the United States.

The German legend saw how Germany cruised past Australia (4-0) a day after England only managed to record a 1-1 draw against the USA. And the 64-year-old, who captained his country in their victorious 1974 campaign, feels Fabio Capello will struggle to lift his side’s performances.

In a column for South African newspaper The Times, Beckenbauer said: “What I saw of the English against the USA had very little to do with football.

“It looked to me as if the English have gone backwards into the bad old days of kick and rush.

“I am not sure if the England coach Fabio Capello can still change much there.

“The English are being punished for the fact that there are very few English players in the Premier League as clubs use better foreign players from all over the world.”