Sven-Goran Eriksson admits the ‘BIG MISTAKE’ he made with England’s 2006 World Cup side 

That "Aaaah, it was the press's fault" is so patronizing and completely unfair because the English media was (and continues to be) a massive consideration in such matters, that other countries (like Sweden, for example) do not have to contend with.

im convinced sven is bantering england on purpose

"Carra" speaks like how I imagine a wasp would.

I love that they had Sven on ONE TIME and all the recent uploads to Sky are just "Sven admits mistake" "Why Sven was wrong"

His big mistake was never playing scholes, lampard, and Gerrard in a midfield 3

I really hope Sven does more media stuff and reflection, those years were such a huge chunk of English football history in my younger years

When Lampard missed that pen you just knew something wasn't right

I liked Sven, I thought he was unlucky, Ronaldinho freak goal, Campbell's perfectly legitimate extra time goal disallowed, Rooney's red card, and world class players bottling penalties. Don't think he was all to blame.

Lampard and Gerrard were smashing in penalties for Chelsea and Liverpool respectively. Problem with that 2006 team was that club rivalries were so intense. Remember Joe Cole saying that united and Chelsea players didn't really mingle in the dressing room. Nothing compares the rivalry of Chelsea and united during the 2004-2007 era

Respect carra for not mentioning he had to retake his penalty.

Tbf they did practice everyday, can't put it on Sven for not having a mental coach.. what about other tournaments before, I bet there was not one then either.

His big mistake was using 90s 4-4-2 tactics with new 5 man midfield ones.

Say what you like about Sven. He took a team with Trevor Sinclair on the left, Heskey up front and Danny Mills Right back to run a brilliant Brazil side close in 2002 and lost a spin toss penalty shoot out in 2004 and 2006 vs Portugal...both would of made a semi final if won.

Biggest "mistake" in Euro 2004 was Wayne Rooney getting that foot injury when we were winning v Portugal in the QF. 4 goals in 3 games. 3 MOTM displays. Injured 20min in. What could've been...

If England had won just one of those penalty shootouts Sven's reign would've looked completely different, could even have been epic, who knows? Tiny margins decide so much in football at the top level... I've no doubt England would've beat the Czechs in 96 if they had just won the shootout, I would've backed that England team to beat that shithouse Argentina team in the 1990 World Cup final too... Englands history of failure at tournaments could quite easily have been a successful history but for the tiny margins.

England was so poor in that tournament. Owen Hargreaves and ashley cole was the only really stand out players.. the rest under performed massively and have to take the blame aswell

Sven can always console himself with the wheelbarrow full of cash he made.

The first time in years the media didn’t put too much pressure won the England team was 2 years ago and we nearly win the whole thing with a much worse squad than the one Sven had. It’s always been our media, always! Our golden generation played every tournament like they were shutting themselves rather than enjoying it like the Brazilians!!

Tactical genius,should've played Scholes as rwb overlapping the two cb's and Joe Cole as a macciato regista with crouchy up top,what a shame.

Seems like Carragher is trying to get his own back and trolling Sven for never picking him as his first choice centre back 😂

I feeling Jaimie has a slight chip on his shoulder concerning Erickson...he was a second string player under him.....maybe I’m wrong but I feel some passive aggressiveness.....am I right ?

Carra: "You got knocked out of both tournaments by Portugal on Penalties" Carra: "I know what it was like behind the scenes because I missed a penalty" Carra: "Is there anything you would have done differently?" *Plot Twist* Sven: "Well yes, you would not have taken one for starters.."

Love when mangers talk about there mistake good to learn from

Southgate is the only England manager who has taken penalty preparation seriously....and what a surprise...it paid off! It has never been anything other than a psychology contest and requires specialist coaching from non football experts in areas such as body language. David James 2004 shootout performance is the textbook example of EVERYTHING done completely wrong. Ricardo did everything perfectly from giving the ball to the strikers before each kick and standing tall in front of the goal line as long as possible. James retreated inside his goal and twiddled his thumbs before each kick. It took England 22 years to cotton onto the basics of penalty shoot outs...and that fact is probably the most painful thing about being an england fan over those years....the arrogance combined with ignorance of never learning from anyone else.

Sven was a great England manager. The problem was the rivalry between the clubs being carried into the England dressing room. I blame players like Neville and carragher tbh. Either way good memories

2:54 Jamie Carragher ‘when we took penalties for Liverpool, I’d always believe we’d win but for England......’ In a nutshell you were too weak to cope with the pressure surrounding your country. You can’t blame Sven for that despite his faults.

England lost because Ricardo was superb. Gerrard and Lampard were the penalty takers in their clubs. Hargreaves was the only one who scores, and even in that shot, Ricardo touch the ball, the same in the ½ final, with Zidane's penalty.

Should of played a 4-5-1 formation with Gerrard as holding mid, lampard to be the attacking box to box with scholes in the middle creating everything plus 2 wide men and Rooney as 1 man up top

Fergie was right. You can never believe what media says about your players. You have to protect them from media. He single-handledly sacrifice his character to protect MU players apart from England Press.

I remember everyone in England slagging Sven off for taking Owen Hargreaves into the Team and he turned out being one of England's best players at the 2006 World Cup and coincidently he was the only one who didn't miss his penalty.

Should have been Scholes and Gerrard in the midfield, with a proper out and out winger to help Cole, Lampard is too similar to Gerrard.

Shoehorning Rooney into the world cup 2006 when he was recovering from injury and not fully fit whilst taking Walcott as another striker spot. Rooney ended up repaying that faith by stamping on Carvalho's balls and getting sent off to cost us vs Portugal.

Retrospectively I would have gone defensively with 3 at the back. A trio of Rio Ferdinand, Sol Campbell, John Terry on paper would have done brilliantly. Sol at the Heart, Rio at the right, John on the left. They could play out from the back, launching early long balls for the runs of pacey Rooney or for Crouch to flick on to the Midfield. You’d have to drop either Beckham or Neville. Hear me out. Three at the back means you’d need two players to provide width Ashley Cole would solve England’s no natural left footed winger. While right side would be covered by Beckham. Heart of the center midfield would be covered by Hargreaves on the left and Gerrard on the right. In front of them would be Lampard and Rooney. And up front Crouch. Robinson Ferdinand - Campbell - Terry Beckham - Gerrard - Hargreaves - A. Cole Rooney - Lampard Crouch If leading and a need to shut the opposition completely, bring Carrick on for any of Gerrard, Lampard or Rooney. Whoever’s tired, has a yellow or isn’t playing well. If need reinforcements in attack bring Owen or Joe Cole. If even more defense required bring Neville on for Beckham. As Sir Alex Ferguson put it brilliantly, defense wins you titles and Italy showed how it was done basically.

Biggest problem: If you think you will lose then you will lose, never ever start think about losing because then you will certainly lose..

We had 20 players that wouldnt have anything to do with each other. They didn't want to win the world cup together, they wanted to win the Premier League and Champions League with their mates.

To this day I'll never understand why he didn't try Gerrard, Scholes and Lampard as a 3 in midfield.

What about selecting a 16 year old Theo Walcott for the squad when barely anyone had ever heard of him. And then never bothering to play him anyway.

How about forcing Paul Scholes on the left to squeeze Lampard and Gerrard in?

why is no one saying that Engaldn had a lot of decent but over hyped players, which was the real reason they could not win a tournament

Oh I can think of a few more mistakes. Not using Scholes effectively, not using a 5 man midfield, not taking Defoe to the 06 WC.

Hahah love the swedish English accent

Absolutely right should have brought in a mental coach or a psychologist. People underestimate the influence of pressure on football.

He right about England mental frailty, not just in penalty shoot out. The fact that the teams England produced over the years for the most part weren't good enough against the top 5 or 6 teams was really the main problem. The team that's there now as of 2020 Kane & Co is probably the best in my lifetime I'm 49 years old. Only teams that can compare is 1986 Mexico Gary Lineker, Glenn hoddle and Chris Waddle team which got knocked out by Maradona hand ball and the other (ran from his own half goal) that Argentina side that went on to win the world cup and make the final 4 years later losing to Germany was incredible side, Bobby Robson said without "Maradona they dont win the game" trouble is they did have him and thay did win. Lineker was sensational in the tournament, considering he only started the last group match with England needed to win in order to progress from the group having lost to Portugal 1-0 in the opening game. If England are to win a major tournament they need to fight harder than any big team they play and no fall at the same pit falls as what happened in the semis at the last world cup, I still believe theres only maybe 2 or 3 teams ' better ' in world football but probably 5+ teams that could out smart England if the pressure was on in a big tournament.

Its not the manager fault for players missing penalties

I lost £200 that summer. I had England to win the World Cup. Kept that damn betting slip on me for an entire month. I was actually in Germany when they went out. No one was more gutted than me and I’m Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

How I wish I could go back to 2006

Carragher blank face re caving in due to expectation!

not svens fault you shanked 2 penalties carra

Carragher trying to push the reason he missed his penalty on Robinson suggesting he wasn't a good keeper; when the reality is Jamie was a bottlejob and didn't rise to the occasion.

We know he aint got the best rep in England but come on 3 videos slating a previous England manager, the press was and still is a mistake over here

How england never won the world cup with that squad is beyond belief

Bella persona Eriksson!!! Grande educazione, modi aristocratici, un vero signore!! In Italia è molto ma molto amato per la sua signorilità e anche perchè era un grande manager!!! Grande uomo, senza dubbio!!

Wanted to hear more from Carraghers genuine point of view how he felt & the whole English press and families bs. Instead of him trying to focus on that 2nd pundit of the year award😑

You weren't on holiday though... You were at work! Love ya Carra but there was just so much wrong mentally with England at the time.

Sven - Football Genius

Defoe should've been in on the front line for World Cup 2006.

Could've played a 4-5-1. Standard back four of Neville, Terry, Ferdinand and Ashley Cole. Hargreaves as DM with Gerrard and Lampard ahead of him, Beckham and Joe Cole as wide players and Rooney as a lone striker.

I'm not English. Its just mindblowing to me they weren't able to get this squad working properly. Just imagine this: Neville, Ferdinand, Terry, Cole Lampard, Carrick, Gerrard Beckham, Rooney, Owen I think a counterstyle would fit them the best. With Cole making runs forward, Owen cutting from the right into pockets of space created by Rooney/Gerrard. Beckham slinging that ball into the box. Carrick in there to balance Lampard and Gerrard out. If you can play with Odegaard and Havertz in an Arsenal midfield with Partey or Rice or Jorginho behind them, then you can surely make this outstanding Lampard, Carrick and Gerrard midfield work. Rooney can also drop like a false 9, with Owen taking advantage of that. With Lampard and Gerrard even being able to take advantage of that. Beckham can also drop to a midfield position when Lampard steams ahead.

Jamie: I know what the preparation was like, I obviously took a penalty and missed one, But when you come away from England was there anything you would have done differently? Sven: Yes, I wouldn't have played you! LOL

2006 was the best English side imagine if Scholes would also have been in the squad but not on the left for sure. But we can see that even without Scholes on the left in 2006 they still lost. I think it is more that England chokes in big moments

Leaving Darren Bent out of the squad(English top scorer that season btw)... Big mistake also..

Oh man the midfield England had no more no more.

So 433 with Scholes in the middle means you leave out Beckham's right foot and put Joe Cole or Crouch in the front three?

His deployment of the greatest CAM England had ever seen was deplorable.

He's quite right. England didn't do well in that world cup because of his insistence of playing Rooney up front on his own. Well done.

Honestly, when you've got a team that includes: Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney, Beckham, Paul Scholes, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Sol Campbell and Rio Ferdinand - you shouldn't need to win a penalty shoot-out - you should win in the 90 minutes easily. IMO, Eriksson was a poor coach.

Hoddle had England playing well until he resigned. Then the sun got Keegan into the job, worst mistake. Sven was conservative in some regards, like he mentioned... what we call 'golden generation'... when standing in front of Ronaldinho were mental midgets. They gave them too much respect.

I like Sven

Has he said which side he thinks had the best chance to win something? 2002, 2004, or 2006?

England's mistake in penalties is not picking the best goal scorers to take penalties. Relying on volunteers like central defenders or defensive midfielders doesn't make sense.

Playing Beckham. He was one of the worst England players ever.

absolutkey abysmal mistake he made

Think I'm the one person who actually likes Sven as coach

I don’t buy that idea that you can’t replicate the atmosphere of a penalty shootout. Surely a player who has practiced penalties over and over again, committing it to muscle memory, gives himself the best possible chance.

You knew what Svens starting 11 would be regardless of form. He bottled dropping big names who either werent playing well or didnt play well together

Sven-Goran was England’s best coach in modern time.

All they had to do was each player had to get 10 pens in a row in training or else they would have to give a weeks wages to charity. That would replicate some of the pressure.

I was especially pissed at the selection of that 2006 squad, Ericksson had too many favourites and they underperformed

i dont care what Sven has to say after he said he'd put Nedved at Rightback

They should have played Lampard Gerrard Scholes in a diamond

Sven we cant not mention the BJ queen fariah alam

They should have taken Steve Peter's as the mind coach in 2006

The team we had 😔 should of at least made the final

1:03 🤣😅😂

Dave is lowkey still fuming with Sven 😂

It wasn't just one mistake my friend.....

One major mistake was playing Gerrard and Lampard together and leaving scholes out

You cant blame a formation for a world class team surley they were mature enough to deal with it individually

He make mistake euro 2004 85 minute 1-0 against Portugal and he take Gerrard and schools at the same time 87 minute 1-1

Admitting a mistake that everyone let him know about at the time.... ok !

Svens alright really

Biggest mistake was giving him the job to start with

England wants to blame Capello & Eriksson but they want to blame England.

It's all Carragher's fault we didn't advance. Bottled it didn't he... 🙃

No, bringing in a 16 year old Theo Walcott was a huge mistake! Didn’t even play him 😂😂

He played Scholes in left midfield in a 442 that's his mistake not penalty shootout

It's all about the coach.... Look at spain from 2008-2012 el classico they look to kill each other but for Spain the work as a team.... It's all due to Del Bosque God alone knows what Sven Erikson was thinking

Should have played a 4-5-1 or even a 5-4-1 4-5-1 Robinson G Nev Terry Ferdinand Cole Beckham Gerrard CM Scholes CM a left midfielder who was decent just to fit in the system Lampard CAM Rooney upfront 5-4-1 G Nev Terry Ferdinand Campbell Cole Beckham Gerrard Scholes Left mid to fit in the system Rooney

The media call this sub par 2000 team the Gold Generation. They had no keepers, no defence, no strikers. They were so bad they took an amateur who never played a pro game to the World Cup. And people were surprised when they failed to qualify to euros...

Mr Burns returns...