Sven Eriksson
Sven Eriksson
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.
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.
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.
points three win
It's more important now to win and get the three points in Poland.
brilliant chances created good half second
I know that we can play much better. They went out and did a job. We were brilliant sometimes and created good chances in the first half. They were brilliant in the second half defending. Austria had no good chances to score.
achieving committed full players stress success support
I know that I have the full support of the players and the FA and it is important to stress ... how committed I am to achieving success this summer.
achieving care committed full players stress success support
I know that I have the full support of the players and the FA, and it is important to stress to everyone just how committed I am to achieving success this summer. I care passionately about this job, and I want everyone to know that.
knew yesterday
I knew yesterday that he had more than one fracture. That's what I heard. I don't know what that means, but I'm not that pessimistic.
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.
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.
knew
That it was more than one (bone) I knew yesterday.
against ahead allow critical delighted games ourselves pleased quickly styles teams test
I'm delighted that we have been able to finalize these fixtures quickly and am very pleased with our opponents. These games will allow us to test ourselves against teams with very different styles of play, which is critical ahead of a World Cup.
aggressive early good handle hope less portugal start wait weather
I hope we can be very aggressive anyhow. Start early sometimes and wait sometimes because the heat. It's less humid in Portugal than it was in Japan. It's a big difference. The weather is good and it's not that humid so we will handle it I'm sure.