SOUTH AFRICA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - WORLD CUP 2010 - England squad to hold meeting as make or break match looms

Record ID: 452896

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: FOOTBALL / SOCCER - WORLD CUP 2010 - England squad to hold meeting as make or break match looms
  • Date: 21st May 2010
  • Summary: PHOKENG, NORTH WEST PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA (RECENT - JUNE 15, 2010) (REUTERS) RECENT PICTURES OF ENGLAND SQUAD MEETING WITH MANAGER FABIO CAPELLO/MANAGER FABIO CAPELLO ENGLAND CAPTAIN STEVEN GERRARD AND DEFENDER JOHN TERRY TRAINING 3. CAPELLO/ENGLAND TRAINING GAME PHOKENG, NORTH WEST PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA (JUNE 20, 2010) (REUTERS) ENGLAND DEFENDER JOHN TERRY WALKING INTO NEWS CONFERENCE /CAMERA OPERATOR (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND DEFENDER JOHN TERRY SAYING: "We've got a meeting tonight probably to watch the game and to see where we went wrong, which is probably the whole 93 minutes actually. But you know as a group of players we owe it to ourselves and everyone in the country back home you know, if we think there are problems there's no point keeping it in. Whether we have an argument with the manager or it upsets him, us expressing our opinion, everyone needs to get it off our chests and say exactly how they are feeling and if we feel that we need to go to him." WIDE VIEW OF REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND DEFENDER JOHN TERRY SAYING: "I've seen a few reports myself this morning. But certainly coming here on behalf of the players there's no unrest in the camp at all, we're obviously still disappointed from the match the other night. Coming together on the training field we have to pick ourselves up and realise we are going into our last game needing the win." ENGLAND EMBLEM ON TABLE (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND DEFENDER JOHN TERRY SAYING: "We've got one game when we can make or break our tournament. I was just saying to the guys then it's been three or four weeks I've been away from my kids and my family and I've come here to win this tournament. I don't want to go home on Wednesday, I'm here to win it." VIEW OF REPORTERS AND CAMERA OPERATORS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ENGLAND DEFENDER JOHN TERRY SAYING: "I sit here today and if I were a fan sitting there watching the game the other night I would have been bitterly disappointed actually. At the same time I am just urging the fans and everyone in the stadium just like the players to stick together this last game, and if things don't improve then they can rightly boo, boo us off the field and each player will have to come back and confront the press and hold our hands up. But as I have said before no one is thinking negative thoughts at the moment, everyone is positive and upbeat and we need to pick ourselves up." ENGLAND DEFENDER JOHN TERRY LEAVING NEWS CONFERENCE
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  • Location: South Africa
  • Country: South Africa
  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA57P8DQ7V41E4XHADHCSXLTO8K
  • Story Text: England defender and former captain John Terry says the squad will hold a meeting on Sunday (June 20) with manager Fabio Capello in which they will discuss how to fix their poor World Cup record.
    The squad resumed training at their camp near Rustenburg on Sunday looking toward their make-or-break match against Group C leaders Slovenia on Wednesday (June 23).
    Yesterday the squad had a rest day in Cape Town after their disappointing 0-0 draw with Algeria on Friday (June 18).
    Terry told reporters at the Bafokeng Sports Campus that the squad would watch the game again and talk about how to improve.
    "We've got a meeting tonight probably to watch the game and to see where we went wrong which is probably the whole 93 minutes actually," said Terry.
    "You know as a group of players we owe it to ourselves and everyone in the country back home you know, if we think there are problems there's no point keeping it in. Whether we have an argument with the manager or it upsets him, us expressing our opinion, everyone needs to get it off our chests and say exactly how they are feeling and if we feel that we need to go to him."
    Terry denied reports that the England camp was in disarray after their two drawn matches.
    "I've seen a few reports myself this morning," he said. "But certainly coming here on behalf of the players there's no unrest in the camp at all, we're obviously still disappointed from the match the other night. Coming together on the training field we have to pick ourselves up and realise we are going into our last game needing the win."
    While England face group leaders Slovenia in Port Elizabeth, USA play Algeria at the same time to determine the group result. Slovenia has four points, USA and England two and Algeria one at present. USA is ahead of England on goal difference having scored three to England's one.
    Terry said he had no intention of going home early after failing to move out of the group stage of the tournament.
    "We've got one game when we can make or break our tournament. I was just saying to the guys then it's been three or four weeks I've been away from my kids and my family and I've come here to win this tournament. I don't want to go home on Wednesday, I'm here to win it."
    After Friday's game against Algeria some England fans booed the players off the pitch. Terry said that he sympathised with the fan's disappointment but called on them to rally around the team.
    "I sit here today and if I were a fan sitting there watching the game the other night I would have been bitterly disappointed actually," Terry said.
    "At the same time I am just urging the fans and everyone in the stadium just like the players to stick together this last game, and if things don't improve then they can rightly boo, boo us off the field and each player will have to come back and confront the press and hold our hands up. But as I have said before no one is thinking negative thoughts at the moment. Everyone is positive and upbeat and we need to pick ourselves up," he said.
    Squad: Goalkeepers: Robert Green (West Ham United), Joe Hart (Manchester City), David James (Portsmouth) Defenders: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Michael Dawson (Tottenham Hotspur), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Ledley King (Tottenham Hotspur), John Terry (Chelsea), Matthew Upson (West Ham United), Stephen Warnock (Aston Villa) Midfielders: Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham Hotspur), James Milner (Aston Villa), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City) Forwards: Peter Crouch (Tottenham Hotspur), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur), Emile Heskey (Aston Villa), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
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