England skipper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196 revealed that he has no plans of quitting as captain, following the Three Lions exit from the European Championships, but admitted he is yet to come out of their quarterfinal trauma.
Roy Hodgson’s outfit managed to hold Italy to a 0-0 score line for 120 minutes of play, and led 2-1 on the shoot-out before Ashley Young and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ashley-Cole-c6809 spoiled the show for them, after they failed to convert from their respective spot kicks to hand the
Azzurri a place in the last four of the competition.
The 32-year old midfielder, who earned the plaudits from across the board for leading the team by example, indicated that despite suffering doleful defeat at the hands of the Azzurri, he plans on continuing with his captaincy. This is because he thinks it
is something which comes natural to his personality.
He told the reporters in an interview, “I've loved it (being captain). I've loved the responsibility and I've enjoyed every minute of it. I've tried my best and gave everything I've got - I gave it my best shot.”
Gerrard revealed that he had a brief meeting with Hodgson after the quarterfinal, who requested him to continue as the skipper of the national team, and he gratefully obliged.
When asked to comment on his individual performance during the tournament, the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 maestro said that he gave his best to play his part effectively. Despite that fact, he crestfallen to see his side country crash out of another major tournament in the
quarterfinals.
Even though the Three Lions continue to curse their bad fortune on shoot-outs, questions have been raised over their apparent weakness in offence against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926.
In the entire game, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 managed to stroke just 9 shots at their opponent’s goal.
The midfielder admitted that despite having impressed in defensive front, there was still a lot of room for improvement in their performance upfront.
He added, “I think we gave a good account of ourselves (at the tournament)… At times it has been difficult without the ball. Possession stats speak for themselves. Moving forward as a nation we do need to try and improve with the ball.”
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