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發表於 2006-6-21 05:29:41
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Gerrard and England rally round Owen
Steven Gerrard insists the England team would rally behind Michael Owen after his World Cup almost certainly came to an agonising end.
England drew 2-2 with bogeymen Sweden and will play Ecuador in the second round on Sunday in Stuttgart as Group B winners.
But the Newcastle man was stretchered off early on with what looked like a serious knee injury and he awaits the results of a scan tomorrow.
'We are not sure yet,' said Gerrard. 'He will have a scan on the injury.
'But he is really down in the there and we will need the boys to support him.'
The Liverpool man was more pleased to top the group than avoid hosts Germany in the next round.
Gerrard said: 'We were prepared for whoever we came up against in the last 16 but the most important thing was to top the group.'
He claimed they were better than in the previous games against Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago but admitted their defending from set-pieces needs working on.
Joe Cole fired England into the half-time lead with a wonder strike but Marcus Allback cancelled that out.
Gerrard looked to have ended their terrible run against the Scandinavians, who they have failed to beat since 1968, but Henrik Larsson pounced late on to deny them a long-awaited success and earn a draw.
He added: 'We played a bit better today but we were vulnerable from set pieces so we will need to sort that out on the training ground.
'We stopped passing and moving. We were trying to work hard and keep the tempo going but from the bench it looked really difficult.
'The manager wanted me to come on and inject a bit of energy into the midfield.' |
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