The thirty five year old legendry Chelsea midfielder is going to join 100 caps club for his nation when he features in the crucial world cup qualifier with Ukraine on Tuesday. Earlier, his selection was doubtful, but Roy Hodgson finally made it sure he will earn his much deserving centennial cap for England. Lampard first made his debut back in 1999 against Belgium under the mentorship of previous English boss Kevin Keegan and has since played 29 matches for his country that includes leading the squad for five times. Though, England is on top in its world cup qualifier group, but if it losses to Ukraine, they will be overtaken by The Yellow-Blues and then Steven Gerrard’s army will have to fight for a survival in Brazil World Cup. Looking at both the teams, Ukraine surely has an upper hand, yet Hodgson is confident to show their best by using almost the same team that defeated Moldova by 4-, however, there is one confirmed change at the moment: midfielder James Milner is replacing Danny Welbeck.
The sixty six year old English manager proudly described himself lucky to have three legendry players in his team and said, “Frank will play tomorrow night so that’s a quite a first. I’ve been very lucky to have three players who have reached and all things being equal Frank will start and get his 100th cap. Basically, there will only be one change in the team, that will be the person who replaces Welbeck. I will leave it to you to make your assumptions.”
If he is taking about the same squad, Kyle Walker will also feature in the team against all the odds that he may face disciplinary proceedings after being caught taking nitrous oxide. According to manager, Spurs defender has already apologized for his mistake hence he is allowed to play next match without any penal action. He said about him, “I am happy, he has made his apologies and admitted a mistake. It was a long time ago, he’d forgotten it. It would have been much worse had it happened this weekend.”
Even though English manager is exaggerating his assets for the match, but reality is far away from reality as their European opponents are in a finest form with superb performances in the last few matches wherein they almost crushed their challengers; hence it would take something extraordinary from English side to secure a seat in the world cup.