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Saturday, November 16, 2013

Lampard: England have a long way to go

Frank Lampard admits England still have plenty of room for improvement ahead of the 2014 World Cup, after an experimental line-up lost 2-0 against Chile at Wembley on Friday night.
Alexis Sanchez opened the scoring early on before wrapping up the win with a cute finish in stoppage time, ending an unbeaten run for the Three Lions that stretched back to November 2012.
Lampard, who made his 103rd appearance and was presented with his golden cap, has rejected notions that England have been dealt a reality check but conceded there is work to do ahead of next summer's tournament in Brazil.
"We are very aware of the job in hand," the 35-year-old midfielder told the Football Association's official website.
"We are not on the moon and we are not terrible – we are somewhere in between. We have got a long way to go.
“We need to concentrate on what we are doing, we have got another game against top class opposition on Tuesday [against Germany] and we need to improve.