― Reuters picLONDON, Sept 6 ― Painful memories of their humiliating Euro 2016 elimination by Iceland contributed to “nervous tension” during England’s opening World Cup qualifying win in Slovakia, according to new manager Sam Allardyce.
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After another indifferent performance for England at the weekend, captain Wayne Rooney’s place in the team has been place under scrutiny once again. “I can’t stop Wayne playing there”, he said.
Slovakia defender Jan Durica has made the astonishing claim that England’s win in Trnava on Sunday was fixed.
It’s sure to take a lot of time and patience to restore the faith and get behind the players for the 2018 World Cup.
Adam Lallana scored an injury-time victor to get their World Cup qualifying campaign off to a winning start and Allardyce explained that the team need time to process the defeat to their Icelandic counterparts. Why should Slovakia go there when we have England in the group?,’ said Durica. “It’s not a big thing and I think there’s a big overreaction to it”.
“But we have to be courageous and we have to get balls with quality forward and get players in good positions and hit them as quick as we can”.
Jan Durica and England’s Adam Lallana battle for the ball. “The ref has seen it and I think it deserved another yellow card”.
And he clearly did, as Bohunicky has now shared pictures online showing him holding Sterling’s number seven shirt and taking another snap of the shirt along with Rooney’s yellow captain’s armband.
Skrtel’s red card appeared to have been coming for some time – he had twice been spoken to by Mazic after the first yellow – and Kane believes Skrtel was lucky to stay on the pitch as long as he did.
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