Film Focus: Worrying Signs for Roy Hodgson’s England in Win over Denmark

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Published: March 6, 2014

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Roy Hodgson's England waited 82 minutes before scoring its first and only goal via a Daniel Sturridge header in a 1-0 win over Morten Olsen's Denmark, but there are still worrying signs for the English in preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

"I wish you [England] good luck in the World Cup," Olsen said, per Jack Pitt-Brooke at the Independent. "You need it."

 

Daniel Sturridge: Wide Forward? 



Hodgson lined England up in a 4-3-3 with Sturridge starting on the left.

Sturridge has scored 10 times in his last 10 Premier League games for Liverpool, so for him to be instructed by Hodgson to spend portions of the game on the flanks is devoid of logic.

Surely, Hodgson is aware playing out wide at Chelsea is the reason why Sturridge wanted out and eventually moved to Liverpool, where his partnership with Luis Suarez, the Premier League's top scorer, is world class.

"I was often asked to play in a different position [at Chelsea] and to do a job for the team," Sturridge said last month, per Anfield Wrap (h/t Liverpool's official website), but, having been a striker and then being asked to just flick a switch and play on the wing was always going to be difficult..."

Hodgson had Sturridge running after the ball trying to keep it in play, and then he was deep in his defensive half clearing the ball as a quasi-right-back.



Two of Sturridge's best moments in the game were from a central position.

He dragged a Danish player out of position, played it to Wayne Rooney, who passed it to Ashley Cole, whose low cross led to Raheem Sterling hitting the post.



Who headed the ball past an outstanding goalkeeper in Kasper Schmeichel? Sturridge.

No one is asking Hodgson to be a tactical genius like Jose Mourinho. Just play the footballers in the right position.

Sturridge has scor...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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