The Football - UK Haunted 'Expense History'

The Football - "The burden of history" when covering the England squad will play against France tonight. Coach Roy Hodgson admitted this in the last training session at Donbass Arena.

"We have not won many titles from which we should get. We all feel the brunt," he said as quoted by the BBC on Monday (6/11/2012).

"There is no other way to eliminate the burden, but by reaching the European Cup title and confirmed that we are not afraid to face it all."

The game against France was Hodgson's first competitive match since replacing Fabio Capello. Two games that he had previously lakoni status of friendly games.

"We must believe in ourselves. The players have to play like they do every week in the Premier League, where they played in front of 50, 60, 70 thousand fans," said 64-year coach.

Although it only has 40 days to prepare the squad to face England Laurent Blanc, Hodgson feel optimistic.

"I am pleased with what we've achieved in the first 39 days," he said. "I did not expect the players to work harder for me in training to become a single unified team.

"You could say we have not been together for a long time, but, on the other hand, they have played each other on many occasions.

"I do not feel, that the longer preparation time will make the preparations become more mature."

The Football - 'The defeat of France was not the end for England'

The Football - England was favored to win when he met French tonight. If The Three Lions were finally defeated, it does not mean their chances of escape closed just like that.

Donbass Arena to face France on Monday (6/11/2012) night later, the UK comes with a number of issues of public expectations plus who wants to perform his favorite team.

The problem is like a storm of injuries that have hit the team before the tournament started and also cases of racism that afflicts flagship player, John Terry.

Meanwhile, the French came up with high confidence where Laurent Blanc is able to give meaningful changes to the team was devastated after the World Cup. The indication is Les Blues unbeaten in his last 21 games.

Plus the fact that the French are unbeaten in their last five opponents counter that the UK and have never won their opening seven matches in the European Cup, the greater the chances of 'The Rooster' to snatch all three points in their opening match of Group D.

If it is ultimately the UK should be putty in the hands of France, then Steven Gerrard and the team asks fans not to panic. England defeat does not mean opportunities for the quarterfinals will be exhausted, because there are still two games remaining that in fact the opposite is lighter Sweden and Ukraine.

"This is the first game. Not the end of everything regardless of the results of the match," said Gerrard in Sportinglife.

"It's important to not fall asleep with the thought that we would win this tournament if we win and not a suicide mission, if we lose because there are still two games to fix it," Gerrard completed.