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Never stimulate  too much the English pride, it can be dangerous. It has been the expense of the All Blacks. The English team had been, up to this game, a lot of criticism  and it was  also nine years that it did not win against this team. How did they play so well? Using criticism received as energy for motivation. “We played with the heart and soul,” said the English captain and it came out an excellent performance. Talk about  about heart and soul is not rhetoric, because these are the two words we use in the psychology of common sense to explain that it was played at a maximum level of emotional intensity. ‘This is the emotional level necessary when the tean wants to enter in the field to win against opponents equally competitive. You cannot just be aggressive or play with the head, so only technically. You need the thrill you feel before the match telling that it will be a great day.