Blame Sven for Sucking the Life Out of a Real Golden Age ; Robbie Earle in Germany
Evening Standard - London › July 06, 2006
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THE Sven-Goran Eriksson era closed with a whimper and that was appropriate because his whole tenure has been flat.
Many fans are still holding inquests into the latest failure to get past the quarterfinals but I cannot help thinking that the coach has got off a little lightly.See the full content of this document
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Blame Sven for Sucking the Life Out of a Real Golden Age ; Robbie Earle in Germany
Yet again, the heartache of a lost penalty shootout and the inflammatory sending off of Wayne Rooney grabbed the headlines, but it deflected attention from why Eriksson's supposedly golden group of players returned home with tarnished international reputations.
During three group games and two knockout matches England never played well, despite a sort of Dunkirk period when the 10 men battled their way to the pe...See the full content of this document
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