Deserved Acclaim 100th England cap against Sweden

Deserved Acclaim

Steven Gerrard will win his 100th England cap against Sweden on Wednesday.

There have been times in England as a shirt. Nineteen international goals demonstrated. But no trophies seems even man is seen as a time of unfulfilled promise. "The computer and the computer is configured as the golden generation and the expectation and pressure has increased over the years," said Gerrard before Euro 2012. "We expected to be delivered in a major tournament and that means it will deliver a final or win a trophy."
Yet, it is not the first superstar English to withstand an international race without cutlery. No Bryan Robson and Peter Shilton deserve to be treated as international chess? Do the achievements of Billy Wright and Sir Tom Finney in a folder in England now tainted by its involvement in the country's humiliating defeat to the United States in the 1950 World Cup?
Sometimes the distance offers perspective and longevity may be its own virtue. Gerrard was the sixth man to win 100 caps for England and there can be no legitimate suggestion he did anything other than victory. As the debate over how best to respond Gerrard and Frank Lampard in the same team, only the blind and reactionaries is omitted from the team.
Injury

The 32-year-old was one of the best players in England for over a decade. But the number of plugs injury could be more. And race could have been more glorious. A groin injury saw Gerrard missed the final of the 2002 World Cup and, who knows, the man who scored his first international goal in the impressive 5-1 victory over Germany in Munich might be a difference in the Far East . So, the story of England has ended in defeat insipid in Brazil, however, represents the toughest test against the eventual winners throughout the summer.

Gerrard scored the first three major tournaments he has started a game for England. During the last two international competitions this safe pair of hands was team captain. Last summer was a team that went to Poland and Ukraine without hope. But Gerrard has produced a series of controlled performance to match at least the best result of the England team has accomplished over the past 22 years. If you can not consider an international winner, has at least respect for the mandates to stick with it.

Both Alan Shearer and Paul Scholes sat on the bench while his former teammates from England traveled abroad to finally be pilloried for their efforts unsatisfactory. The two men retired at 29 and therefore plays a role during the years when his countrymen failed to meet expectations. If Scholesy was just there to keep the ball. What a waste of space that is Heskey ...

Of course, sitting at home in retirement crowned International is the easy part. And take more hits. "Even if I had a lot of setbacks and disappointing time as an international organization, the idea of ​​returning one day as a success and a hero is always there," said Gerrard in the summer. "That's the buzz." That day may never come. But Wednesday night, the England captain deserves praise for always being there after him.