RUSTENBURG, South Africa: The anxious outbursts of England coach Fabio Capello and his star striker Wayne Rooney this week are a fair indication that a U.S. victory on Saturday wouldn’t be considered the World Cup upset that it was 60 years ago.
England’s form and confidence has slumped following a stunning qualification campaign, and Capello and Rooney have let it show in the leadup to their South Africa 2010 opener against the
Americans.
“The whole England team, I think, they’re under extreme amounts of pressure,” says U.S. goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann.
That’s accepted by the players, who were hailed as being part of a “Golden Generation” but have failed to advance past the quarterfinals in the last two World Cup campaigns.
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