England manager Sven-Goran
Eriksson slammed his players' performance after their dismal
defeat in Denmark.
In a rare show of emotion, Eriksson told Sky Sports: "I am
very sorry and very disappointed. I am angry about the second half
because I think that was a disaster how we played. We were not helping
each other and were all over the place, losing the ball. We did
nothing right in 45 minutes. I am upset about that.
"I was happy with the first half, I think we did well. I can't
defend it or explain why we didn't do that in the second half. They
know how to play, with the right attitude and tactics but then come
out in the second half it seems like a holiday. I told them if we
want to play football like that we can forget the World Cup. But
we are not going to play football like that when it comes to a qualification
game. You can lose games but not like today."
David Beckham said after the match: "We just
didn't play to our potential. The first half was very good, but
the second half I don't know what it was. We lost our shape and
didn't do things we had been told to do by the manager before the
game and at the end of the first half."
"In our team we have a lot of motivated players - I just think
tonight we lost our way a bit tonight, they got three quick goals
and that was the end of it. The scoreline does no damage for the
future but at the moment it's hard to take because we are prepared
for qualifying games which are important to the country. We can't
let it affect our confidence. We have two weeks before the next
game." |
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