RAY HARPER believes it’s time to attach more emphasis to the effects of a goal on the half-time whistle

AS THE clock edged closer towards 47 minutes, a fleeting thought flashed across my mind. “If only we can get to half-time without conceding…”Almost immediately, Ronaldinho bewitched the England midfield with his dribbling, and slid the ball to Rivaldo in the box, who slotted it in to make it 1-1.After that World Cup quarter-final defeat in 2002, much of the blame was attributed to David Seaman (who made a misjudgement with Ronaldinho’s looping free...