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Owen on trial as Defoe shatters sound of silence.
(From Irish Independent)
MICHAEL OWEN did it on a tumultuous night in St Etienne six years ago, Jermaine Defoe at the Chorzow Stadium, Katowice, this week. They laid down their unalienable right to play football for England.
As Wayne Rooney did precisely the same in Coimbra and Lisbon a few months ago, it means that England coach Sven Goran Eriksson is now under fierce pressure to break from the usual policy of industrial hiring and firing. This, and it is more than a little stunning when you consider that first impact of Owen against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup, means first in, first out.
Rooney-Defoe is suddenly more than a compelling selection option. It is the code for a potentially thrilling future, when two young England players are given the chance to push back the boundaries that only a few days ago were being set at the quarter-finals of major tournaments by a member of the…
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