Why Sven's England Should Have Won The World Cup

In 2006, and England team packed with stars like Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, and John Terry went into the 2006 as favourites. They exited having never once looked likely to win it. But in 2002, a far humbler, less fancied England emerged from the proverbial 'Group of Death' to suddenly find themselves as the form-team in the tournament. A bizarre goal against Brazil ultimately saw them eliminated, but Adam Clery looks at that side, as well as the arrival of Sven-Gรถran Eriksson, and examines why they were suddenly, improbably, genuine World Cup contenders. โšฝ FourFourTwo - At the heart of football since 1994 - in print - online - on video โšฝ ๐Ÿ“ฐ SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/3ErE4ai ๐Ÿ’ป WEBSITE: https://bit.ly/3GFXMC0 Follow FourFourTwo on: Instagram: https://bit.ly/3VoHkKz Facebook: https://bit.ly/3UgQYxX Twitter/X: https://bit.ly/3GB0Or7 ๐Ÿ“ฅ Sign up below for ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—”-๐—ง๐—œ๐— ๐—˜ @FourFourTwo's FREE weekday newsletter ๐Ÿค: Transfers ๐Ÿ›’: Deals ๐ŸŽฅ: Videos ๐Ÿ’ก: Quizzes โœ๏ธ: Opinion โž•: ๐™ˆ๐™Š๐™๐™€ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/Yn3AQUt7b6