Friday, June 10, 2016

England must play without fear say Hodgson and Rooney (Reuters)

Football Soccer - England Training Marseille, France - 10/6/16 England manager Roy Hodgson and Wayne Rooney walk on the pitch ahead of their match REUTERS/Eddie Keogh Livepic

By Mitch Phillips MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - England's exciting youngsters need to shake off the shackles of history and play without fear if they are to end 50 years without a major trophy at Euro 2016, coach Roy Hodgson and the squad's elder statesman Wayne Rooney said on Friday. England take on Russia on Saturday having not reached a global or European final since their 1966 World Cup triumph and it is 20 years since they even made a semi-final, also on home soil, in the 1996 Euros. Generations of England players have talked about how the pressure to break that drought has often been suffocating.


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