http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gareth-Barry-c14423 welcomes competition in England squad - International news
Influential Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry has welcomed the intense competition for England’s starting eleven places due to the impressive rise of the youngsters.
The 30-year-old believes that the added competition will hugely benefit the Three Lions and will help http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fabio-c13152 Capello maximise the squad’s potential ahead of the next summer’s EURO 2012.
An experimental and new-look England shocked the neutrals and fans alike when they defeated World and European champions, Spain, at Wembley Stadium last weekend.
Fabio Capello’s starting eleven was a blend of youth and experience and a number of young players, who did extremely well to make their mark on the international level.
Manchester United’s highly impressive defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Everton-c39043 midfielder, Jack Rodwell, was also given his England debut.
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Barry has now hailed the performances put in by the youngsters and insisted that competition for places will bring the best out of all players involved.
The 30-year-old, who replaced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Frank-Lampard-c14097 in the second half against Spain, told the reporters:
“You don’t want the same old faces out there all the time, guaranteed their places. If England are going to improve, you need extra competition.”
A number of young players, most notably http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jack-Wilshere-c17463 and Andy Carroll, have made the step up from the England under-21 side.
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http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jack-Rodwell-c17462 believes that England are blessed with talented and promising young players and is hopeful that the young blood will keep on flourishing on the biggest stage.
The Toffees midfielder said, “There are a lot of promising youngsters and hopefully we can keep pushing. If you are good enough you should play. No matter what age I think the manager will see the quality of the player and will go from there."
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