<tt id="6hsgl"><pre id="6hsgl"><pre id="6hsgl"></pre></pre></tt>
          <nav id="6hsgl"><th id="6hsgl"></th></nav>
          国产免费网站看v片元遮挡,一亚洲一区二区中文字幕,波多野结衣一区二区免费视频,天天色综网,久久综合给合久久狠狠狠,男人的天堂av一二三区,午夜福利看片在线观看,亚洲中文字幕在线无码一区二区
            Home>News Center>Sports
                   
           

          Owen pleads not guilty to complacency charges
          (Agencies)
          Updated: 2004-09-09 06:44

          Michael Owen has hit out at suggestions that he and David Beckham are underperforming for England because they know they will never be dropped by Sven-Goran Eriksson.

          Riled by the charge that England's biggest names have taken up residency in a comfort zone created by a star-struck Eriksson, Owen is anything but complacent in defending his record as England's leading striker for the last six years.

          "I've been in the team a long time now and I've seen the cycles we go through," he said ahead of England's must-win World Cup qualifier against Poland on Wednesday night.

          "At the moment everyone seems to be saying there is a comfort zone.

          (In the past) it was a gambling culture or that people liked a drink. In six months time it will be something else."

          Criticism of Beckham and Eriksson has reached unprecedented levels in the English media in the wake of Saturday's 2-2 draw with Austria in England's opening qualifier for the 2006 World Cup.

          Owen too has come in for his fair share of flak, having marred a lively display by failing to take either of two clear chances before England allowed a 2-0 lead to slip from their grasp.

          But the Real Madrid striker categorically rejects suggestions that his form for England, which was by his own admission mixed at Euro 2004, could be affected by Eriksson's view of him as an automatic choice.

          The Swede's faith in his senior players does not make him any different from previous England managers, Owen argues.

          "When I was coming through as a young kid, Alan Shearer never got dropped, Tony Adams never got dropped.

          "I think the top players are treated the same as anyone else. I can only speak for myself but I think I am playing on merit.

          "In the last few games for England I've performed well enough to justify my place in the team. I'm still scoring goals and I believe I should still be in the team."

          Owen has scored 27 goals for England in 62 internationals and, despite the intensified criticism he has had to endure recently, his goals per game average for England since the start of last season (five in 12) has dipped only marginally.

          He is also convinced that the criticism of Eriksson's side as a whole has been overdone in the wake of their quarter-final exit - on penalties against Portugal - from Euro 2004.

          "The only thing I look at are the facts and I am very positive about the England national team," the 24-year-old added.

          "We've got to two quarter-finals (2002 World Cup and Euro 2004), no-one likes playing against us, we are one of the top countries in the world with some of the best players and some great young players coming through as well."

          Owen justifiably points to a country like Spain as an example of a big football nation which has under-performed far more spectacularly than England of late.

          But he is also willing to admit that England's recent performances - in Portugal, where leads were allowed to slip away against France and, fatally, in the quarter-final, as well as against Austria - have exposed a weakness when it comes to closing out victories.

          "I don't know what it is in our minds that lets teams off the hook and gives them a bit of incentive (to come back).

          "It has been the same for quite a few games in that we should have killed teams off. The other night we were dominant for an hour and then it was just like a different team."

          It is a fault England must eradicate if Owen's optimism about the future is to prove justified.



           
            Today's Top News     Top Sports News
           

          Wu Yi: China to go further than WTO promises

           

             
           

          SW China floods have killed at least 172

           

             
           

          Elders' problems centrestage at forum

           

             
           

          Further opening in banking sector pledged

           

             
           

          Russia vows to attack 'terror' worldwide

           

             
           

          Presidents promote growth with Gabon

           

             
            China book small win over Malaysia
             
            China aim higher in Athens Paralympic Games
             
            Mutombo says he will join Yao on Rockets
             
            A day of victories for Hong Kong fans
             
            Chinese driver makes F1 history
             
            Int'l hot-air balloon to fly today in Xinjiang
             
           
            Go to Another Section  
           
           
            Story Tools  
             
          Advertisement
                   
          主站蜘蛛池模板: 92国产精品午夜福利免费| 亚洲熟妇色xxxxx欧美老妇| 欧美喷水抽搐magnet| A三级三级成人网站在线视频| 美女一区二区三区在线观看视频| 成人看的污污超级黄网站免费 | 亚洲av无码牛牛影视在线二区 | 又爽又黄又无遮挡的激情视频| 亚洲成A人片在线观看无码不卡| 国产精品第12页| 性欧美VIDEOFREE高清大喷水| 女人毛片女人毛片高清| 欧美人成在线播放网站免费| 亚洲av永久无码精品秋霞电影影院| 亚洲国产在一区二区三区| 无码aⅴ精品一区二区三区| 中日韩中文字幕一区二区| 女人夜夜春高潮爽a∨片传媒| 在线视频中文字幕二区| 亚洲国产一区二区三区四| 人人模人人爽人人喊久久| 久爱无码精品免费视频在线观看| 久久人人爽人人爽人人av| 国产毛片三区二区一区| 99久久国产综合精品女图图等你 | 九九热视频在线观看精品| 老子影院午夜久久亚洲| 国产一区二区三区精美视频| 欧美人人妻人人澡人人尤物| 暖暖 在线 日本 免费 中文| 国产精品多p对白交换绿帽| 国产精品白嫩极品在线看| 在线精品亚洲一区二区绿巨人| 日本一区二区精品色超碰| 999福利激情视频| 9久9久热精品视频在线观看| 久久青青草原亚洲AV无码麻豆| 亚洲男人的天堂久久香蕉| 人妻饥渴偷公乱中文字幕| 成人一区二区三区在线午夜| 国产精品美女AV免费观看|