Sunday, July 02, 2006
a picture says a thousand words
Ferdinand was devastated to lose on penalties to the Portuguese after a goalless 120 minutes in Gelsenkirchen, when Wayne Rooney was sent off in the second-half.
Ferdinand said: 'To lose on penalties again is sickening but the lads put a great effort in. It just wasn't to be. We didn't falter with 10 men. Even with 10 men we were the team who created the best chances.'
Frank Lampard admitted he broke down in tears after England's exit which came at the end of a disappointing tournament for the Chelsea midfielder.
He said: "It is the worst feeling I've ever experienced. I don't want to talk too much and I am devastated. I cried a couple of times at the end of the game.
The World Cup is the ultimate. Deep down I really believed we could go all the way....the tears were there.
The worst thing about it is we thought this was going to be our time with the players we had and I thought we produced our best performance of the tournament against Portugal.
We showed a lot of guts and even with 10 men we went at them and went for the win. We didn't sit back and hope for penalties and extra-time."
Suliana Hot Momma at 10:04 AM
