Jamie Carragher doesn't mind who England meet in the Round of 16.
No fear from defenders
Sunday, 18 June 2006.
Sweden v England
World Cup Group B
8.00pm (BST), Tuesday 20 June 2006
RheinEnergieStadion, CologneLive on ITV
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| VIDEO: Jamie Carragher pre Sweden |
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Jamie Carragher talks about the prospect of coming up against Henrik Larsson and Marcus Allback on Tuesday evening. |
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| VIDEO: John Terry pre Sweden |
| John Terry talks about England's start to the World Cup and the players that he could face against Sweden. |
Jamie Carragher says he doesn't mind who England face in the next round of the World Cup - even a showdown with hosts Germany.
Group B will be decided when England take on Sweden on Tuesday night in Cologne in what Carragher says will be the Three Lions biggest test yet.
England have yet to concede a goal and none of the back four have been booked, but the Liverpool man is determined to stay focused and steer the side to the top of the group.
"Whoever you play out of those two sides it doesn't matter," he said.
"Ecuador have been one of the stand out sides of the World Cup so far in that they haven't conceded a goal yet and scored five or six themselves.
"Germany at home will be another good game, but the way that the English play is just to go out there and win the game and that is what we will do no matter what.
"With respect to the sides we have faced so far we would have expected to keep a clean sheet, but I think that against Sweden it will be a bit different because they will put us under a lot more pressure than the two we have met so far."
Meanwhile, John Terry has promised to set the record straight against the Swedes.
The Three Lions have not beaten them since Bobby Charlton, Martin Peters and Roger Hunt all scored in a 3-1 victory at Wembley back in 1968, but the Chelsea skipper believes that is about to change.
He said:"There is a record out there to be put straight because we haven't beaten them for a while. We are going out there to win the game.
"It is important for us to get the result against Sweden. The manager has told us how important it is that we and top the group and keep the winning sequence going.
"We have won two out of two and we haven't conceded a goal yet. We know that things can get better on the playing front, but we should all take encouragement from the fact that we are getting the results despite not playing well."