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Eriksson Believes England Will Win at World Cup

England`s odds for winning the upcoming World Cup in Germany next week weren`t considered high, especially with their top striker Rooney not being able to play. With Rooney back into form, people are starting to believe that England might return to London with the World Cup in their hands. Sven-Goran Eriksson, for one, truly believes they will.

Eriksson is hoping to end his colorful reign as England manager with a World Cup triumph that would silence the critics who have pursued him since his historic appointment in 2000. In fact, he is so confident that he became the first England manager since Alf Ramsey in 1963 to predict that England will end the tournament as World Champions.

Ramsey was proved right in 1966. Whether Eriksson will be celebrating England`s first success since then on July 9 in Berlin remains open to some considerable doubt. At England`s training camp in Portugal last week, he declared: "I think we will win it. All we need is a little bit of luck with injuries and referees. The expectation is a motivation, not a burden."
Whether a spate of injuries before the finals is going to hamper that dream remains to be seen but what is certain is that he will be tested like no other potential World Cup winning coach because of the health scares surrounding his team.