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World Cup Over, Owen Flies Home

(Goal.com) - Michael Owen has flown back to England and could be out for up to five months after a scan revealed the extent of his knee injury.

The Newcastle star did the damage in the first minute of the 2-2 draw with Sweden, and will miss the rest of the World Cup.

"Obviously it's a massive blow to suffer the injury - and be out of the World Cup. As soon as it happened I knew I was in trouble," said Owen.

"I'm clearly sorry to be leaving the lads in Germany, but I'm convinced they can go on and achieve success.

"I'll be following all the matches very closely and giving them my full support, hopefully all the way to Berlin.

"My main objective is now to get fit as quickly as possible for Newcastle United."

Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson added: "I feel very sorry for him to miss out on the rest of the World Cup - it's a blow to him and a big loss for the team.

"However I am sure Michael will work very hard to get back as quickly as possible for Newcastle and England.

"He is a true professional and a very mentally strong person."

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Posted by soccer365 on June 21, 2006 02:28 PM

Comments

The English team will win if the manager should forget old glories of Becham and build the team around J.Cole, Lambard, Gerard, S. Campbell and others.

But I know why the fans do not talk much about J Cole. Joe plays a Brailian football which the English people are not used to. To play like Joe you have to use your brain more than any thing else. Joe is the man to take England all the way.

Posted by: Kai Barba-James | June 24, 2006 08:40 AM

j cole can put the england all way to glories

Posted by: posted by:eb janneh/june 24,2006 9:25 pm | June 24, 2006 09:28 PM

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