Terry takes blame & wins it for England!

[humanc0w]

Terry was man enough to fight his injuries & take blame for England. Even more so to snatched a late winner to help England to victory.

No thanks to his "Red"/s team-mate Rio, Roo, Theo, Brown, Gerrard & Owen.

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[Jackson Ng Ghim Pheng]

Terry isn't faking it as England's skipper leads his team by example

John Terry's postal address should be Harm’s Way, Surrey. He’s always there, always risking some part of his anatomy while more delicate souls call in injured for the more disposable assignments.

Not that England’s absent stars were all faking it for last night’s friendly in Berlin. Matthew Upson struck his own blow for defenders by prodding Fabio Capello’s men into the lead before Scott Carson’s timidity in goal allowed Germany to equalise. But his infuriated captain then went on to head in the winner.

By some malign force, infirmity always seems to strike the camp when the stakes are lowest, or when club commitments are stacking up. All this week’s sick notes appeared to be genuine, but only Terry shot from doubtful starter to certain runner as the possible implications of another no-show gnawed away at him.

‘JT’, who conforms to so many English stereotypes of indomitable leadership, set a captain’s tone by declaring himself available following a scan on the ankle he damaged in Chelsea’s demolition of West Bromwich at the weekend.

Only when these England-Germany games kick-off do you see the folly of dismissing them as meaningless. No fixture in Berlin, at the Olympic Stadium (scene of the last World Cup final), between two giants locked in a love-hate duet can be properly described as frivolous.

‘Thank You For Inventing the Beautiful Game’ announced a giant banner at the scene of Hitler’s 1936 Olympics. Who says the Germans can’t do irony?

The frisson endures. It always will. Which is partly why 7,000 England fans came to a city whose dark associations have receded so fast that last year Berlin was voted the world’s favourite short-break destination.

Maybe this shouldn’t be an international week. The clubs and the associations can kick that ball around. But the juxtaposition of German white and English red will always set the pulse racing, especially when England have momentum to maintain, a winning habit to extend. This game’s most useful purpose was to allow coach Capello to exert fresh pressure on those who failed to make the trip.

With Theo Walcott hurting his shoulder in training, Shaun Wright-Phillips was presented with his umpteenth chance to pin down David Beckham’s old position, and Capello was able to indulge his bizarre prejudice against Michael Owen by deploying Jermain Defoe alongside debutant Gabriel Agbonlahor, whose speed and ambition troubled Germany’s defenders.

Part of a captain’s role is to assimilate the new boys, to help the coach show them what’s expected of recruits. From the day Terry narrowly won the battle with Rio Ferdinand for the captain’s armband he was loaded with that extra obligation. He once said he would be happy to count his medals ‘in a wheelchair’. Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari declared that his captain would be willing to ‘die on the pitch.’

Machismo’s scale doesn’t go any higher than that. And yet it’s fair to wonder whether Captain Crunch forced himself onto the plane to Germany out of sheer anxiety about what Capello might think if he stayed at home.

The England coach let it be known that he was perturbed when Terry missed the Kazakhstan and Belarus qualifiers but then reappeared in Chelsea’s 5-0 spanking of Middlesbrough. Capello apparently thought his leader would not play again until the Champions League tie against Roma.

This knowledge must have swirled through Terry’s thoughts as he said on the eve of his ankle examination: ‘I’m desperate to go away with England. With me having to pull out of the last squad, I’m desperate to go and play. As a captain I want to be there.’

Under the old regime, a pally phone exchange with Steve McClaren might have done the trick. Capello, though, is blind to reputations, blind to names on shirts. So Terry resisted the lure of his mansion’s flat-screen TV as Capello scored a huge breakthrough by announcing that from now on ‘injured’ England players would be checked by the Football Association’s own medical staff in line with the regulations.

The Premier League have been kicking England in the unmentionables from Sven-Goran Eriksson’s first day in charge. They view international friendlies with about as much enthusiasm as crocodiles have for toothbrushes and toothpaste but finally England have a manager who is resolved to stop their little games.

There was sufficient shape and purpose in England’s first-half performance alone to justify this year-end match against a German side similarly depleted by withdrawals.

Without it, England would have drifted for five months without a get-together. The best part of half a year would be too great an interruption to the reform programme Capello has forced on the Sick Man of Europe.

Terry, 27, has said he’s driven by ‘the hatred of losing, of not being involved’. Given his injury record he will do well to stay at this high level beyond 30, but for now he can add to his accomplishments the stewarding job he did on an inexperienced England XI.

‘I play 70 per cent fit, 80 per cent fit’ he once admitted. This might have been one of those nights. The new England creed is that you should always turn up in your heart.

[croc1977]

Becos if don't say anything Carson INT career will be over...

2 mistake leh..Any1 remeber Croatia.? BUT BUT That one must totally blame McClown


Clap Clap to Terry...

[hiei02]

that was really captain fantastic. from zero to hero.

[Boi_racer]

Actually the first goal is really Terry mistake, as a experience international defender, he shd know the the first option is to clear the ball, or pass the ball to the keeper, not shield the ball to keeper, it will pose many tricky position for keeper who dun know their intention.

Infact for defenders, the rule is dun even let the balls bounce.....clear it first hand..

But he is brave to admit his mistake and also atone for it with a goal, kudos to him

[Weng123]

if the score was tied at 1-1, it is highly doubtful that he will admit his mistake

[Jackson Ng Ghim Pheng]

if the score was tied at 1-1, it is highly doubtful that he will admit his mistake

haha assumption.

[hanlsn]

haha assumption.
RARARARARARA

[YouYongku]

hahah but good for the team!