Question: Mr. Hargreaves, you are glad not to meet in the round of the last sixteen on Germany?
Owen Hargreaves: The German team is actually very good in form to time. That was a very strong achievement against Ecuador. Radix complement! In particular my association colleague Philipp lame made three correctly good plays. For the moment Ecuador is surely the simpler opponent for us. I am also relieved something, it am good that we must play not now against Germany.
Question: On what has the German eleven against Sweden to respect?
Hargreaves: Large problems do not have Sweden to make the play from the play process it dangerous not once at our gate shot. With standard situations however they provide with their players grown largely for some eddies and are the more dangerous. Our two Gegentore are after standards please and also otherwise had we with hitting a corner balls some difficulties and something luck with two slat hits. We were very much surprised, as large our problems were. We controlled the speed of the play on the whole nevertheless.
Question: They played again from the beginning for the first time yesterday against Sweden for more than two years in the national leotard. Were you surprised?
Hargreaves: No, I was gladly that I had again once gotten this possibility after so long time, only quite with a world championship. And I think the fact that I mean position before the defense completely well filled out and won many duels. I can play on different positions in the centre zone, but straight on this I can help the crew at most. That is the most important.
Question: Is England against Ecuador favorite?
Hargreaves: Naturally. England is in many plays the favorite. And if I see, how the Ecuadorianer dominated the German eleven, and if we play just as well as in the first half time against Sweden, then we Ecuador will strike. Also everyone of us expects.
Question: Can England get also the title?
Hargreaves: After the impressions of the first plays it gives surely five or six teams, which have things in addition. Everything in front naturally England. Also Germany is always a heavy opponent, straight with this public in the back. But if one sees, how Argentina played, must one say that they showed the so far best achievement. That was correctly good football.
