Jul 5, 2006 • 1 min read

Pop stars criticise England footballers at World Cup

Lily Allen and Elton John have both criticised England's World Cup performance, with Allen attacking David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo and John calling it a disgrace.

You may have already heard that the suddenly very newsworthy Lily Allen has had a go at the English Footie team, but now Elton John has reportedly laid into them too.

Lily, who, by bizarre coincidence, released her single on Monday, wrote in her blog: "Thank god Sven's reign is over. England have been shit in this tournament. Saying that, I was proud of them from the second half of [the Portugal] game. I think football reflects the state of a country at that time, and to be honest I'm with Germany from here on. Germany have managed to shake their stereotype of being a square, uncultured and over-efficient society and have embraced a 21st century way of living.

She continued: "I was in Germany last week, they have a good health service, great opportunities for young people and seem to be a country I would be proud to be a part of and I think their football reflects that. England, on the other hand, play in a way that reflects our society - money-minded, confused, lacking control and direction and, most of all, bored."

She also laid into poor little David Beckham: "Beckham's shit. I hope he never plays for England again, the FA only play him for fear of losing shirt sales, and I'm ashamed of us for those reasons. Sven's walking away from today's match with five odd million quid, he doesn't give a shit."

In fairness, she had something to say about Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo too, who's caused a great deal of controversy by winking apparently: "Ronaldo is a dirty, dirty bastard. Ronaldo is pure evil, did you see the winking and him winding up Rooney earlier on in the game? I bet the press are gonna use Rooney as the scapegoat, but I reckon we should go after Ronaldo."

As for Elton John, he let his audience at that previously reported gig in Bournemouth know exactly how pissed off he was by England's performance this year, saying: "There has not been an outstanding player at this World Cup. I do not even want to talk about that fucking Sven Goran Abba-dabba. As always the England fans have been fantastic. They have been let down by the team and let down by people earning £125,000 a week. It's a disgrace."

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