Focus on England

England stars being marginalised

August 30, 2012
By Norman Hubbard
(Archive)
Just as England are going up in the rankings, many of their players are being downgraded. It caused a mixture of amusement and bemusement when FIFA deemed Roy Hodgson's side officially the third best in the world. Nevertheless, having ascended to a podium position, they provided a form of vindication by beating Euro 2012 finalists Italy, albeit in a friendly.

Yet no sooner had they done so than Hodgson was warning that his job was about to get harder. His natural inclination is to dampen ...

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