Wednesday, June 9, 2010

World Cup 2010: USA's Landon Donovan Hopes For Upset Against England

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Former Everton man believes there is no weakness in England team...

"In my opinion, England are one of the top teams in the world and top teams don't have any weaknesses," Donovan told reporters ahead of the clash.

It would be hard for me to point anywhere and find a weakness in their team.

"But the experience at Everton was valuable in a lot of ways, for me personally and also in getting the chance to play against some of the players we will see on Saturday.

"It also gave me the ability to understand the way their league is, the way and style most teams play in their league."

During his spell with the Toffees, Donovan was involved in the incident with Chelsea's Ashley Cole where the left-back broke his ankle, and cast doubts of his chances of making the the World Cup for a period.

USA's record goalscorer has not had any contact since with the left-back but has no doubts about the qualities he can expect to face.

"When Ashley Cole got injured, nothing was going through my mind. I was playing the game," he said.

"I didn't get in touch with Ashley but he is a fantastic player, one of the top two or three left-backs in the world, and he is going to be a very good player for them."

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