http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196 revealed he was satisfied with his team’s performance against France during their opening Euro 2012 game on Monday at Donetsk, but admitted they need to win their next match in order to bolster their chances of qualifying
for the next round.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hugo-Lloris-c16408 to put England in front.
However, the lead was quickly expunged by the French winger http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Samir-Nasri-c32360 as both the sides settled for a 1-1 draw.
Even though Gerrard saw his side squander an early advantage, he lauded the effort of his team for preventing the French from scoring again, and expressed his satisfaction over getting a point out of the match.
While talking to reporters, he said: “We would have been delighted with a win but France have got fantastic players. I thought we caused them as many problems as they caused us so we're satisfied with the performance.”
However, the 32-year old threw a word of caution towards his side, to prevent complacency from creeping into their game. He opined that a draw against the Les Bleus had set the right platform for the Three Lions, and they now need to win their next game
against Sweden on Friday to ease their qualification into the quarterfinals.
He said, “It's great to get off the mark points-wise. Now we need to follow it up with a win and try to get four points out of two games.”
Assessing England’s performance on the whole against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899, the midfielder thought that there was still room for improvement, and they need to step up their game even further in order meet the challenges that lay in front of them.
He added, “We will analyse this game - what we've done right and what we've done wrong - and then we'll go into the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 game hopefully all recovered. There's still loads of hard work to do.”
England will play their final group match against hosts http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 on 19th of June.
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