Terry urges restraint

10 September 2009 17:12
Skipper John Terry has stressed the need to manage expectation levels after England booked their spot in the 2010 World Cup finals. Terry is aware the inevitable hype will start about England's chances in South Africa after the convincing way they topped their qualifying group with a 5-1 hammering of Croatia at Wembley on Wednesday evening. Terry said: "It is important that the players especially, but also the media and the England supporters, really enjoy the good times." He added: "We've had the bad times with England in the past and we've all suffered them. We all remember the disappointments of two years ago when we never made the Euro 2008 finals. "This was a very good moment and we've all got to saviour it but hopefully at the same time no-one gets too carried away. "There is still an awful long way to go and an awful lot of improvements within the squad that the manager has stressed already and we will be aiming to do that. "It is important we finish the qualifying campaign strongly and that is what the manager stressed straight after the game."

Source: Eurosport