Gareth Barry warns England to remain level-headed ahead of EURO 2012 – International News
Influential Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry has urged the England players not to get carried away with the recent back-to-back wins over http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015.
England stunned the neutrals and fans alike after they defeated current world champions, Spain, in a 1-0 victory at Wembley.
Moreover, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello’s men went on to record another win against Sweden, which was England’s first triumph over Scandinavians opponents in 43 years.
The Three Lions ended the calendar year 2011 unbeaten, and Barry has hailed his teammates' efforts to finish the year on a high. However, the City midfielder believes that England should not get carried away with their recent form and must learn from their
disappointing run in the last year’s FIFA World Cup.
The English national team entered the last World Cup on the back of an undefeated qualifying campaign. Fabio Capello’s men did well in the group stage of the tournament, however, they crashed out in the quarter-finals after suffering a disappointed defeat
against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904.
Barry has warned England to remain level-headed and explained, “Everyone knows the way we qualified last time for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757 2010, the expectations went through the roof. We flew through the group, didn't concede many goals and played some great stuff.
When it comes to the business end, the tournament, that is where you need to perform and get that winning habit. At the minute we've got that, but we've got to try and take that all the way to the tournament."
Moreover, the Manchester City midfielder has insisted that there will be no high level of expectations from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749’s national team as he believes that the Three Lions did not completely outplay the reigning European Champions, admitting that Del Bosque’s
side were way better.
The English national side has been seeded in Pot 2 for next year’s EURO 2012, which leaves them with the possibility of facing Spain or http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 in the group stage of the tournament.
Gareth Barry has admitted that the Three Lions are not strong favourites to win next summer’s European Championship, however, the City midfielder is confident that the England squad has the quality to defeat any team.
"We can't say we are going into it as the best team in the tournament because we probably know we are not. On our day, we can beat them," http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gareth-Barry-c14423 concluded.
England will play their next international friendly match against World Cup runners-up, Holland.
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