Sven Eriksson
Sven Eriksson
good problems sort
It's good to have these sort of problems.
japan
It is still a young squad. Those who were in Japan two years ago are more experienced and they should be better.
chances goals good great michael score sure target together
It's a great partnership. Michael Owen will score goals for them and it's great that he can play together with Shearer, ... He's a big target man, good header, and he will give Michael many chances to score. I'm sure about that.
doubt number occasions season seen tremendous
I've seen Kieran play on a number of occasions this season and there is no doubt he's a tremendous young talent,
ball enjoy pitch saying school
It's like he's going out on a school pitch and saying 'give me the ball and I will enjoy myself'.
asked australia avoid easy
It's not an easy group, but it could have been worse, much worse. I asked to avoid the Netherlands and we did that and I asked to avoid Australia and we did that as well.
chance good pick plan team
It's a big blow, but we still have a very good team and a chance to do OK. When you pick, you pick a squad, and you have to have a plan B.
serious
It's a ligament injury. They don't think it's very serious but they will do a scan tomorrow.
points three win
It's more important now to win and get the three points in Poland.
best europe finishing germany group players potential record teams top
It's the right decision. We are one of the teams who have the potential to do very well in Germany and we have some of the best players in the world. Finishing top of our qualification group with the second-best record in the whole of Europe was a big achievement.
cup czech good meet republic sweden
It's the World Cup so you know you have to meet some very good teams. Holland, Portugal, Sweden and the Czech Republic are all good teams.
again certain fantastic february game played portugal
You tell him certain things and he does them. The game he played in Portugal for us in February was fantastic and he did well again on Sunday.
chances david good great half james saved three
They had some great chances in the first half and David James saved us with two or three very, very good saves.
course lies-and-lying pack
Of course they are a pack of lies.