The England captain, Steven Gerrard, will bring the national team home at the earliest stage since 1958. Photograph: Jean Catuffe/Getty Images

自1958年以來，英格蘭隊隊長史蒂文·杰拉德，將要帶領國家隊首次提前離場。照片來源：Jean Catuffe /蓋蒂圖片社

據英國《衛報》報道，在6月20日的巴西世界杯D組比賽中，意大利以0-1輸給了哥斯達黎加之后，英格蘭自1958年以來第一次沒有從小組賽出線。

羅伊·霍奇森（Roy Hodgson）指望意大利以大比分獲勝來得以出線了。這場比賽的結果意味著在6月24日對陣已小組出線哥斯達黎加的比賽，對英格蘭也毫無意義。

England were sent tumbling out of the World Cup at the group stage for the first time since 1958 after Costa Rica beat Italy 1-0 in their Group D match in Recife on Friday.

在6月19日2-1輸給了烏拉圭隊之后，霍奇森說他從沒想過去辭職，那場比賽中，蘇亞雷斯剛剛在一個月前做了膝蓋手術，他首次復出就進了兩個球。英格蘭足協主席格里戈·代克（Greg Dyke）對支持霍奇森，時年66歲的他將繼續擔任英格蘭主教練，直到2016年歐冠結束。

Roy Hodgson’s side needed Italy to take maximum points from the match to have any hope of survival. The result means Tuesday’s match against Costa Rica, who have now qualified for the knock-out stages, is meaningless for England.

Hodgson said he had no intention of resigning after the 2-1 defeat to Uruguay on Thursday in which Luis Suárez scored both goals on his first appearance since undergoing knee surgery a month ago. And he was backed by FA chairman Greg Dyke who said the 66-year-old would be remaining in his post until after the 2016 European Championships.

“我們支持羅伊·霍奇森，我們要求他繼續擔任主教練了。”代克說道，“我們沒有看到換人的意義，我們認為他做的很好，會在四年里也是如此，我們都期待在歐洲杯中能發揮更好。”

“We’re supportive of Roy Hodgson, we’ve asked him to stay as manager