Posted on 06/22/2010 3:16:02 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
PORT ELIZABETH: England's players had let their country down and were hungry to beat Slovenia and turn their World Cup campaign around, captain Steven Gerrard said.
He accepted the players were fully responsible for the first two dire performances in Group C but said they had put the disappointment behind them and would pass their biggest test in years by overcoming group leaders Slovenia on Wednesday.
"You can see the players are hurt from the Algeria performance," Gerrard said on Tuesday of the goalless draw that sparked outrage at home and was criticised by the British media as useless, toothless and shambolic among other things.
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England is famous for underachieving at World Cup matches.
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