Sturridge Akhirnya Tembus Gawang Denmark yang Dikawal Kasper Schmeichel
Three Lions Finally Break Through Schmeichel`s Junior Resistance
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Kamis, 06 Maret 2014
Delapan menit menjelang bubaran Sturridge menyundul umpan Lallana untuk melewati hadangan Schmeichel demi memberi Inggris harapan untuk penampilan lebih meyakinkan nanti di Brazil (Foto2: Mail Online)

London (B2B) - Daniel Sturridge mencetak gol pada menit 82 dari sundulan untuk mengantarkan Inggris menang 1-0 dari Denmark pada laga persahabatan dini hari tadi sebelum tim asuhan Roy Hodgson ini menjalani Piala Dunia di Brazil nanti.

Hodgson memberi debut kepada bek kiri Southampton Luke Shaw, namun masuknya Adam Lallana dan Danny Welbeck pada babak kedualah yang membuat Inggris menjadi lebih menggigit.

Lallana mengaransemen gol Sturridge yang sundulannya mengakhiri paceklik gol Inggris selama 264 menit di Stadion Wembley sejak kalah dalam laga persahabatan November lalu dari Chile dan Jerman, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.

Hodgson menyebut Denmark sangat terorganisasi sehingga "kami harus bekerja sangat keras". Dia memuji kiper Denmark Kasper Schmeichel tampil luar biasa sehingga Inggris kesulitan menciptakan gol.

Hodgson memasukkan lima pemain Liverpool dalam starting XI dan sepertinya dia mengadopsi pendekatan pelatih Liverpool Brendan Rodgers.

Wayne Rooney dipasang dengan duo Liverpool, Sturridge dan Raheem Sterling, sedangkan Denmark menciptakan dua peluang gol pada babak pertama lewat Michael Krohn-Dehli dan Jakob Poulsen.

Welbeck dua kali mengancam Schmeichel, diantaranya setelah memanfaatkan Jordan Henderson namun kiper Denmark itu menggagalkannya.

Delapan menit menjelang bubaran Sturridge menyundul umpan Lallana untuk melewati hadangan Schmeichel demi memberi Inggris harapan untuk penampilan lebih meyakinkan nanti di Brazil.

Tetapi meski Denmark yang diasuh Morten Olsen tidak tampil di Piala Dunia, mereka sama sekali tidak kalah kelas dari Inggris.


London - Daniel Sturridge scored with an 82nd-minute header to give England a 1-0 win over Denmark on Wednesday in their last friendly before manager Roy Hodgson names his World Cup squad.

Hodgson gave a debut to Southampton left-back Luke Shaw and experimented with a malleable new playing system, but it took the second-half introductions of Adam Lallana and Danny Welbeck to give England a spark.

Lallana teed up the winning goal for Sturridge, whose back-post header ended a 264-minute goal drought for England at Wembley Stadium after November´s friendly defeats by Chile and Germany.

It was a night that left Hodgson with as many questions as answers, but when his side next take to the field at Wembley against Peru on May 30, he will have already selected his squad for the trip to Brazil.

"It was a very organised Danish team and we had to work very hard," said Hodgson.

"(Denmark goalkeeper) Kasper Schmeichel had an outstanding game in goal. From the 60th minute onwards we showed some really good play and Adam Lallana made a big difference."

Wayne Rooney swapped positions with the Liverpool pair of Sturridge and Raheem Sterling, with a chipped pass from the latter allowing the Manchester United man to elude Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, only to lash well wide of the vacant goal.

With eight minutes remaining the pressure told, as Sturridge headed Lallana´s clipped left-wing cross past Schmeichel to give England hope of more convincing displays ahead.

The best Denmark could offer in response was a half-volley from Danny Olsen that comfortably cleared Hart´s crossbar, but although Morten Olsen´s side will not play at the World Cup, they were far from outclassed.
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