Sven Eriksson
Sven Eriksson
excellent football game needed serious stuff tonight
That is the serious stuff but tonight was an excellent football game and that is what we needed at this moment.
exactly knew tomorrow until wait
That it was more than one (bone) I knew yesterday. I have to wait until tomorrow to know exactly what is going on.
four past problem rather score small stuck talking three
Talking in general, all the strikers I've had in the past 20 years, it's always a problem if they don't score in three or four games. All of them make the same small mistake. They think they must score and are stuck mentally, rather than going out to play football.
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.
serious
It's a ligament injury. They don't think it's very serious but they will do a scan tomorrow.
bigger bit came controlled delusion draw last lose seemed won
When it came to the last 10 minutes, I think we controlled it and they seemed to be out of ideas. Then, when we thought we won the game, it's a bit of a delusion to draw it. And, of course, the delusion is even bigger to lose it.
difficult half hanging life played wales
Wales made life difficult for us, especially hanging in during the first half when I thought we played well,
beat clever concern croatia draw hope hopefully leaving manager win worry yellow
It is a concern but you can't worry about that because we have to beat Croatia or draw with them to go through. As a manager I can't think about leaving Rooney out and hope we win the game. He has to play and hopefully he will be clever enough not to get a yellow card.
against change course efforts fact feeling finishing focusing lovely match next poland top wednesday winning
We still have a very important match against Poland on Wednesday and we will now be focusing all our efforts on winning that match and finishing top of the group. But of course it is a lovely feeling to know that nothing can change the fact that we are going to be there next year.
difficult doubt
We are in the most difficult group. No doubt about that.
against argentina best confidence england fans football game gives good hope meeting next teams
We are meeting one of the best teams in the world. It's important for our confidence that we do well in this game and important for the England fans as well. If they see we can play good football against Argentina it gives us more hope for next summer.
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.
club england good great happy michael newcastle news
As long as it makes Michael Owen happy then it is good news for England. Newcastle is a great club and he will get to play a lot.