由於英格蘭前兩場世界盃的小組賽打的並不漂亮，引得一些英格蘭足壇名宿們的職責不斷，隊中中場大將蘭帕德對此表示了不滿，並通過媒體進行了回擊，指責那些足壇的名宿只會想盡辦法挑英蘭隊的毛病，而不是給出一些有建設性的建議，雖然沒有指名道姓，但是很明顯，他是在針對前英格蘭國腳希勒，希勒對英格蘭的表現，尤其是埃裏克松的戰術思想一直頗有微詞.

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　　Lampard slams ex-internationals over England criticism

　　"We are fortunate enough to get English TV and we see it," said Lampard. "Theres nothing worse than seeing an ex-player who has played in the pressure cooker situation of a World Cup come out and give negative remarks.

　　"It's very easy to give a negative remark rather than something constructive and it only makes an issue of things.

　　"I certainly dont like to see ex-players having a pop at me or my teammates. Ex-players should know better.

　　"You certainly won't see me sitting in 20 or 30 years' time, slagging off an England team performance," added Lampard. "Shoot me if you do."

　　Other former England internationals believed to have irked Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad include Ian Wright, Chris Waddle and Terry Butcher.

　　Lampard diplomatically declined to specify who exactly he was talking about.

　　"I just stand by what I said. I suppose we are talking about recent ex-internationals," he said.

　　"When you play for England its the best thing you can do in football.

　　"There are so many great things about playing for England but one of the hard things that comes into it is the press and the criticism you get when there's a bad result.

　　"We understand that, but the one thing you ask as a player is that an ex-player whos been through this doesnt add to it."

　　Shearer has been particularly scathing of England's performances so far, two lacklustre victories over Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago, criticising the team's performance and Eriksson's tactics.

　　作者-于歡-北京第二外國語學院-英語系

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