GARY LINEKER has recalled the moment FA Chair Debbie Hewitt mispronounced the name of two former England stars.
On the latest episode of The Rest is Football podcast, Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards were discussing England’s 1-0 defeat to Brazil.
The conversation quickly switched to major tournaments, specifically the World Cup.
Lineker then revealed that he recently learned of a stat from Hewitt regarding his World Cup performances.
The Leicester legend said: “The chair of the FA was speaking and she very kindly gave me a mention as the England player with the most World Cup goals.
“She said actually I’ve scored 10 percent of them.
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“Now my maths are alright but even I can work out that 10 percent, having scored 10 goals, means that we must have scored 100 goals at the World Cup.”
Lineker then went on to ask: “How many did you get, Alan?”
And Shearer responded: “One World Cup, four games, two goals.”
Lineker then said: “Two goals, that’s two percent, that’s not too bad!”
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However, Shearer went on to address a mishap from the Chair, adding: “Did she manage to get your name right? I thought it was Terry Sheringham and Jerry Redknapp!”
“Oh Jerry Redknapp was quite funny, Lineker said. “She did correct herself immediately, it was just a stumble.”
England suffered a 1-0 defeat to Brazil on Saturday.
Brazilian teenager Endrick scored the only goal of the game in the 80th minute.
Speaking after the match, Gareth Southgate said: “I was pleased. I don’t like losing matches.
“I thought there were lots of very good individual performances from players who’ve hardly played for England. I thought our regular players were very good.
“With 15 minutes to go we’re thinking we’ve managed to see a lot of new players. We’ve had our share of the game.
“We’ve had as many attempts on goal as they have. The difference in the end was one moment. That is the ruthlessness at this level.
“I know when you lose there will always be a negative reaction. But, given all the changes that we’d made, I thought the crowd were with the team. They could see a lot of young players going in and doing well. I’m not down on the performance.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
