對於球隊的糟糕表現，英格蘭國腳如今又找了新的藉口。門將羅賓遜公開稱，德國世界盃賽場的草坪太乾燥，導致傳球速度下降，極大地影響了英格蘭隊的比賽節奏。羅賓遜同時表示，全隊的發揮其實是非常好的。
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原文 Now pitches blamed for England's poor play
Paul Robinson claims the dry German pitches are hurting England's passing game.
Robinson admits the team has not played well during their World Cup campaign and believes the best is yet to come.
The Tottenham goalkeeper said: 'The conditions have made it hard for us.
'I think we are finding the pitches particularly difficult because they are not putting water on them.
'It's slowing our passing game down. We are finding it hard to get a rhythm.'
England overcame Ecuador on Sunday in the first knock-out round to set up a quarter-final clash with Portugal, in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday.
Robinson said: 'I wouldn't say we are particularly pleased with the way we are playing.
'We're getting results and we haven't played as well as we would like to play.
'I think we are finding it very difficult to get our passing game going.
'We got into the last 16 without producing what we know is our best.
'Ecuador, along with the Sweden game, was probably one of the better performances we've had but we still feel there's more to come from the team.
'The players we have got will rise to the occasion.
'We've not lost a game yet, we're through to the last eight. As long as we keep winning that's the important thing.'
作者-趙海軍
責編：佟杉杉