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Friday, 20 June 2014

World Cup 2014: 'Naive' England deserved to go out, says Rio Ferdinand

 

FORMER Three Lions captain Rio Ferdinand says a "naive" England did not deserve to stay in the World Cup.
But he is confident the young squad will grow stronger from the disappointment of Brazil 2014.

England's early exit was confirmed after Costa Rica beat Italy, leaving the Three Lions bottom of Group D and out of the tournament with a match still to play.
It is the first time in 56 years England have fallen at this stage, with the average age of that World Cup squad the only one younger than the current crop.
However, Ferdinand – part of Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad which twice reached the last eight in 2002 and 2006 – sees no reason why next time cannot be different as Roy Hodgson must regroup England for the 2016 European Championship.
"The World Cup for me would have been a better place with England in it, but you have to earn the right to stay in a tournament. Unfortunately for us, we have not done that," Ferdinand said.
"Maybe we were a bit naive in situations, in the game (against Uruguay) when we got back into it at 1-1, we had a chance to get a point and dust ourselves down, to say 'right, we are ready for the last game when everything is going to be on it,' but we did not give ourselves the opportunity.
"It was there for us and we just could not see it through."

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