Pitiful Display Fails to Rattle Sven ; Eriksson Is Still Insisting That England Will Come Good in Time

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SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON'S strategy for this World Cup sometimes defies logic yet, having stumbled past Ecuador, the benign Swedish coach is now just one win away from repeating Sir Bobby Robson's memorable success of 1990 and reaching the last four.

Although the 1-0 win over Ecuador here in Stuttgart secured a quarterfinal place against 'Big Phil' Scolari's Portugal, it did nothing to disguise the true poverty of England's performance.

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Pitiful Display Fails to Rattle Sven ; Eriksson Is Still Insisting That England Will Come Good in Time

The first half was just about as pitiful as it gets at this exalted level of the game.

The South Americans were easily the weakest of the 16 teams in round two but would probably have taken England into extra time had it not been for the free kick expertise of ...

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