Sven Eriksson
Sven Eriksson
difficult hard last reward season start together victory work
It has been a difficult start to the season for us but, together with our victory over Austria, this is the reward for all the hard work that has been done over the last year.
balls beat busy countries deal difficult dream england expect james midfield northern talking
I expect a lot of long balls to James Quinn. They have a very busy midfield so I expect a difficult game. When we're talking about Wales, about Northern Ireland, it's a dream for those countries to beat England and we have to deal with that.
apart beat chance difficult happy quality spirit won
If we keep this spirit and the quality it will be very difficult to beat us. We won the group, I am very happy for the team. They had one chance and they scored, but apart from that we have to be happy.
countries difficult week
To have the same preparation as all the other countries is important. It would have been very difficult to have one week less.
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,
difficult doubt
We are in the most difficult group. No doubt about that.
difficult england groups happy man
I think England should be happy, there are groups much more difficult than England's. The man after me will be happy with this draw. It's very interesting and very good.
difficult fight game importance knew performance today wales win
The importance of this win is enormous. The performance today was up and down. We knew it would be a difficult game and that Wales would fight for every ball.
example principle priority
The priority is a sage, inspiring, leader-by-example who is unyielding in principle and valor.
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,
confident michael pain spoke today
I spoke to Michael today and he said he had some pain but he had a scan today and they said that's normal. He was very optimistic, very confident that he'll be okay.
club cup football michael national spoke talked team thursday worried worries
I spoke to Michael on Thursday and we talked for 10 minutes. He is worried about his club football but has even more worries about the national team in a World Cup year.
asked english exactly fantastic forward game happy knowing last minutes played playing three
I should be happy if we can go on playing like we did, I think we played a fantastic game yesterday. If you take away the last three minutes of extra-time, they did exactly what we asked them to do. Knowing the English mentality, I think they will look forward to Thursday.
football france game monday played time tough win
Every time France doesn't win a football game it is a surprise. I think they (Croatia) played very, very well and it will be a tough game on Monday for us.