Eriksson finds defeat hard to take

Sven-Goran Eriksson admitted “to lose this way is very hard” after England suffered more penalty misery in a major tournament at the hands of Portugal tonight.

Thu, 24 Jun, 2004 - 23:46

Sven-Goran Eriksson admitted “to lose this way is very hard” after England suffered more penalty misery in a major tournament at the hands of Portugal tonight.

After losing in shoot-outs at the 1990 and 1998 World Cups as well as Euro 96, England were again done on spot-kicks in Euro 2004.

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