Eriksson is rewarded for a new tactical ruthlessness

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Eriksson may have normally reserve his adventurous spirit for his personal life, but he dropped David James after his costly error against Austria and replaced him with 24-year-old Paul Robinson.

Even more decisively, the Swede turned to another younger model in handing 21-year-old Jermain Defoe his first international start and was rewarded by a sparkling display.