赫斯基：只有巴西比英格蘭面臨更大的壓力
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As Roy Hodgson’s players stepped up their preparations ahead of Friday’s friendly with Peru at Wembley, Heskey, our Sony expert who will be following England this summer, gave an indication of how they will be feeling as the tournament draws closer. “The pressure of playing in a World Cup for England is high and you know that,” said Heskey, capped 62 times by his country. “It’s probably higher than any other team apart from Brazil playing in Brazil.” However, the former Liverpool and Aston Villa striker, celebrating his honeymoon before all the action starts next month, believes England have the strength to cope with the weight of responsibility. “You’ve really got to block that out of your mind and concentrate on doing well for your team-mates and your country,” he added. “It’s pressure that we’ve dealt with before, for myself dealt with before, playing throughout the years, so it shouldn’t really affect you that much.” Heskey played in two World Cups for England, with arguably his finest moment coming when he scored in the 5-1 rout of Germany in Munich in 2001, during qualification for the tournament in Japan and South Korea.
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當羅伊·霍奇森的隊員還在為本周五在溫布利和秘魯的友誼賽加強訓練的時候，這個夏天將要跟隨我們奔赴巴西的英國足球專家赫斯基（Heskey）表達了賽事臨近之時的感受如何。 “在世界杯中英格蘭隊壓力很大，你知道，”赫斯基說（他曾為國家隊效力62場），“壓力可能比任何隊都大，除了在巴西比賽的巴西隊。” 不過，這位曾經的利物浦和阿斯頓維拉的中鋒在下個月所有賽事開始之前正在度蜜月，他相信英格蘭有能力妥善處理這次重任。 “你真的要把壓力從腦海子掃除，并且集中精神為你的隊員和你的國家做好一切，”他補充道。“這是我們之前應對過的壓力，我之前也面對過，我們這些年一直在比賽，所以壓力不應該對你有太大影響。” 赫斯基為英格蘭出戰過兩屆世界杯，2001年，在日韓世界杯資格賽期間，他在慕尼黑以5比1的比分擊潰德國隊的時候，那是他最出彩的時刻。
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