埃裏克松告訴自己的隊員："你們會在德國一直呆到世界盃結束"埃裏克松以這樣的方式向世人表明自己的信心。
在結束準備同葡萄牙的比賽後埃裏克松表示，這次是英格蘭40年來奪得世界盃的最佳時機。他説：“這是我們重演1966年奪冠的最佳時機嗎？我們的球隊十分優秀，我們有奪冠的實力。同兩年前、四年前的隊伍相比，我們更加優秀，更加自信，我們的隊員雖年輕卻經驗老道。”他還説：“我告訴球員們我們會留在德國知道世界盃結束那一天。對這一點我毫不懷疑，我就是這麼有自信。而且我能感覺到，在同葡萄牙的比賽中我們肯定會表現很好。”埃裏克松表示，比賽當天他會像往常一樣冷靜。
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Ananova:
Sven tells squad they will reach final
Sven-Goran Eriksson has demonstrated the overwhelming belief he has in his players to achieve World Cup glory by telling them: "You will be staying in Germany until the last day of the tournament." And Eriksson is adamant England have a golden chance of winning the coveted trophy for the first time in 40 years as they complete preparations for Saturday's quarter-final clash with Portugal in Gelsenkirchen. Eriksson said: "Is this the best chance to emulate 1966? We have a good team and we have the quality to go all the way. You don't know about red cards, own goals and injuries and how they can affect things, but we have the quality to win it." He added: "We have a better squad and have a better team. We are still young but there is a lot of experience in the team and the players are a lot more confident than two or four years ago. "Maybe we were too cautious the last two quarter-finals but when we played those games we hadn't the experience of the previous tournaments as we have today and we were not as good in the previous tournaments as today. "I speak to the players and the message I told them was that we shall stay in Germany until the last day of the World Cup. That is how confident I am. "I am sure about that and am certain we will play a very good game against Portugal. I can feel that. Maybe people want us to play better but we are in the quarter-finals again and have a very good chance to go further on." Eriksson insisted he will be his normal cool and calm self on match day although he admits to being an admirer of many world leaders past and present. He said: "I will be as I always am. I will not read Winston Churchill before the game and try and be like him although I have read some of his memoirs a long time ago. "There are a lot of leaders whom you have to admire - Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, who is very good at speeches, Nelson Mandela - but I am not one of them. I am myself. I have to go on being like that, good or bad."
作者-丁曉晨，北京二外英語系
責編：佟杉杉