埃裏克松向英格蘭的支持者們表達了要在世界盃上帶領英格蘭捧杯的決心，並想以此為他5年半的國家隊教練生涯畫上一個圓滿的句號。上週六在老特拉福德球場6比0橫掃牙買加後，瑞典人贏得了球迷一片讚賞，埃裏克松也表示他一定要為球迷獲得勝利。埃裏克松通過英國媒體説，“我已迫不及待地要為你們贏得世界盃，從我帶隊的第一場比賽起，一直以來你們給我的支持對我來説很特別”， “你們讓我感覺到我是一名英國人，我很自豪能穿上三獅戰袍，我們面臨的是足球世界裏最大的挑戰，我是下定決心要取得一些特殊的東西，我找不到任何的原因為什麼我們不能” “當你得知在接下來的幾週裏所有人都將關注英格蘭隊，你就會意識到我現在的工作是多大的一種榮耀” “整個國家都在背後支持著你，那是種很奇妙的感覺，不要低估了球迷的支持，正是他們使英格蘭在足球界獲得如此特殊的地位” “我在歐洲不同的國家生活並執教過，但是在這裡，你們對足球和英格蘭的熱愛讓我震驚” 英格蘭隊將帶著最近6場比賽全勝，進17球的戰績出征德國世界盃.埃裏克松的下一場比賽將是本週六在法蘭克福迎戰巴拉圭的英格蘭本屆世界盃首場比賽.看起來，只要後防線上的特裏（John Terry），內維爾（Gary Neville）和阿什利.科爾（Ashley Cole）能戰勝他們傷病，埃裏克松很有信心拿下首場比賽. 阿什利.科爾在同牙買加的熱身賽後對腿傷進行了掃描檢查，結果顯示並無大礙，而迪福（Jermain Defoe）則作為魯尼（Wayne Rooney）的替補一同飛往德國，其他的候補球員則失去的參加世界盃的最後機會。 對巴拉圭的比賽，英格蘭隊很可能排出442陣型，前鋒線由克勞奇（Peter Crouch）和歐文（Michael Owen）搭檔，克勞奇在同牙買加的比賽中上演了帽子戲法，不過他的第一粒入球來自對方後衛達利（Omar Daley）的烏龍。特裏，阿什利.科爾，和加裏.內維爾在英格蘭最近的8場比賽中三人同時出場5次，而歐文也自去年12月腳部受傷以來首次找到破門感覺。

　　鏈結：http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060604/6/73a5.html

　　原文： I want to win it for the fans, says Eriksson 4 June 2006 by AFP Sven-Goran Eriksson has assured the England supporters of his determination to provide a glorious finale to his five-and-a-half-year stint as national coach by winning the FIFA World Cup?. The Swede received an ovation from the crowd after his team hammered Jamaica 6-0 at Old Trafford on Saturday, and Eriksson admitted he is determined to succeed for these same fans. "I am desperate to win the trophy for you," Eriksson said via the English press. "The support you have given me since my first game in the job has been very special. "You have made me feel English. I am proud to wear the Three Lions. "Lying ahead of us is the biggest challenge in football. "I am so determined to achieve something special and I see no reason at all why we can't. "When you know that over the next few weeks everybody will be watching the England team, you realise more than ever what a privilege it is to have this post. "To have the entire nation behind you is an amazing feeling and you should not underestimate how special that makes England in football. "I have lived and managed in different countries in Europe, but the love you have here for the game and for England takes my breath away." England head for Germany with six wins and 17 goals from the last six games. The next time Eriksson sends a team out, it will be against Paraguay in Frankfurt on Saturday in their tournament opener. He seems to have settled on his team for the first game as long as defensive trio John Terry, Ashley Cole and Gary Neville overcome their injury scares. Cole needed a scan on a thigh muscle after the Jamaica game, but it showed no damage and he should be ready in time to play. Jermain Defoe, meanwhile, will fly to Germany with the squad as cover for Wayne Rooney, but the rest of the stand-by players have been released. England are likely to take on Paraguay with a 4-4-2 system with Peter Crouch partnering Michael Owen up front. Crouch claimed a hat-trick against Jamaica, although his first was helped over the line by defender Omar Daley. The trio took his international tally to five in eight games and Owen also found the net for the first time since he broke his foot in December.

　　作者 北京第二外國語學院 英語系 于歡

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