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Article: Football: General Gerrard is a must; Ace carries hopes of nation.(Sports)
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- Sports Argus (Birmingham, England)
- Article date:
- August 18, 2001
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Wednesday's Ruud awakening set the alarm bells ringing in the England camp with the World Cup crunch with Germany just two weeks away.
Opinion is divided as to the actual make-up of Sven Goran Eriksson's Munich team, but what constant thread remains - Steven Gerrard should be the pivotal part.
The swashbuckling Liverpool midfielder was conspicuous by his absence against the Dutch and for England to have a hope against the old enemy he must be fighting fit and in the engine room.
Being charged with the responsibility of helping to revive England's ...