England manager Fabio Capello demanded more aggression from his team during half-time of their 3-1 win over Mexico in a friendly
England manager Fabio Capello demanded more aggression from his team during half-time of their 3-1 win over Mexico in a friendly
England midfielder Steven Gerrard revealed manager Fabio Capello had demanded more aggression from the team at half-time as England secured a 3-1 friendly win over Mexico at Wembley last night.
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| Mexico's Gerardo Torrado tries to get away from England's Steven Gerrard in yesterday's friendly at Wembley Stadium, London. Pic/Getty Images |
Mexico were allowed to dominate possession in the first half, although England went in 2-1 ahead at the interval after goals following set-pieces from Ledley King and Peter Crouch.
Guillermo Franco scored on the stroke of half-time before a superlative effort from Glen Johnson early in the second period put the game beyond the visitors.
"The manager wanted more aggression from the whole team," Gerrard told ITV1. "They had too much possession in the first half, we stood off them and let them play.
"In the second half we got in their faces and stopped them playing. We need to be more aggressive.
"We need to be able to adapt to different formations during a game and also for different opposition, that's down to the manager and what he decides to go with.
"We can play better than we did tonight, there's still time to sharpen up and we'll go (to South Africa) and give it our best shot."
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