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Hardy Lampard lifts England's spirits after Gerrard injury (節選)
Although the England camp are confident that Gerrard will face the Austrians,
the midfield has suddenly become an area of concern. After selecting the
same starting quartet throughout Euro 2004 - David Beckham, Paul Scholes,
Frank Lampard and Gerrard - Eriksson has already had to revise his thinking
twice following the international retirement of Scholes and the hamstring
injury suffered by Butt, who had been lined up to play at the base of the
Swede's favoured diamond formation.
In the circumstances, Eriksson is especially grateful for the durability of
men like Lampard, who played a remarkable 70 matches last season, including
all seven of England's competitive fixtures and five of their six friendlies.
He was also Chelsea's only Premiership ever-present and appeared in all 14
Champions'League games plus four matches in the FA Cup and two in the
Carling Cup.
"I'm 26 years of age so I should be somewhere towards my peak fitness, if I'm
not there already," Lampard said during a break from preparing for tomorrow's
match. "I enjoy playing regularly, every three or four days. It keeps my
momentum going. When you feel confident and you feel on top of your game you
want to keep playing. That's how footballers are.
"Every player is different. Not all players can run around for 50, 60 or 70
games a season. Some players need rest at the right time and that's for them,
the manager, the physio and the backroom staff to look at. If people feel
tired, they feel tired. You need to keep your top players in top condition.
"At Chelsea it's always going to be the case that you might not play week in
week out. That goes for everyone. There's such a strong squad of players there
that there will be top players who aren't playing 50 or 60 games a season.
I was lucky enough to do that last year, but that doesn't give me the right
to do that this year."
He added: "Somebody told me that I've started the last seven England games.
Starting games regularly for England is something I've been wanting to do. For
a while I was playing perhaps half a game as a substitute. It's been mentioned
that it takes maybe 20 games to get accustomed to international football and I
can really understand that now. It was only from the Euro 2004 games that I
started to feel more confident and comfortable playing at the top level."
因為杰拉德受傷, 也許咱們家四位都有機會上場為國家效力
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