But it could have been so different had the French side taken the chances afforded to them during a frantic opening 45 minutes.
But things might have been different, had Somerset taken their chances.
Porto caught United off guard with their flying start and might have had the entire tie wrapped up if they had taken their chances and not gifted Wayne Rooney an equaliser.
"We know we've been knocking on the door with our performances at home, we've played some good football and we've had plenty of shots and crosses in games and we've not taken our chances and conceded poor goals, " he said.
With those two combinations taken into account, the chances of a crash are incredibly high.
The second period was equally fast and furious, but the chances could not be taken.
"It would have been nice to have taken more of our first half chances, but Spain were the better side in the second half, " said Powell.
After his defeat last time round at the hands of Mr Huckabee, Mr Romney has taken great pains to play down his chances.
Even before Strauss's drop ruined the England skipper's 34th birthday celebrations, Matt Prior, James Anderson and Michael Yardy had all spilled chances that should have been taken.
We looked at quite a few opportunities we didn't take and they were there to be taken and the top sides nail those chances - and we didn't.
Bolton, who drop a place to 13th, will feel their late rally was worthy of a point but, in truth, they would have been out of contention far earlier had United taken a few more of their numerous chances.
In the second set I think I had my chances, and I probably should have taken them but I didn't.
Wednesday, languishing in the First Division relegation zone, should have taken the lead in an open first half in which goalscoring chances came regularly.
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"I was in contention for the British Superstock title in 2005 but I missed the last three rounds through injury after being taken out by another rider, and that completely blew my chances, " he reflected.
Without a bunch of second chances and a whole lot of luck, my life could have taken easily a turn for the worse.
Name any fad taken up by the cutting-edge, clued-in global-finance set, and the chances are he has thought about it and passed by.
Southern Railway said the chances were reduced even further when crimes such as vandalism, trespass, drug and fraud offences were taken into account.
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