'England can't win FIFA World Cup'

10 December,2009 07:33 AM IST |   |  Agencies

No 4 seed Englishman Nick Matthew will startle many with his opinion on English football and the team's chances at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.


No 4 seed Englishman Nick Matthew will startle many with his opinion on English football and the team's chances at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

"They (England) have absolutely no chance of winning next year's World Cup," the squash ace told MiD DAY yesterday after he beat countryman Peter Barker to enter the final of the Punj Lloyd PSA Masters at the Bombay Gymkhana.

"England have always performedu00a0 poorly in World Cups. Either Brazil or Spain will be world champs," said the 22-year-old, who has an odd choice when it comes to a football team too. "As I am from Sheffield I really like Sheffield FC side.

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