In the past, the English media have debated whether players representing their country cared as much as they do for their clubs. Their argument was strengthened when in 2008, the following quote appeared in Jamie Carragher’s autobiography:

“Defeats wearing an England shirt never hurt me in the same way as losing with my club. I wasn't caring or indifferent, I simply didn't put England's fortunes at the top of my priority list. Losing felt like a disappointment rather than a calamity. I was never in love with playing for England in the first place.”

Those who saw England’s players walk out of the Arena de Sao Paulo would say that the class of 2014 feel very different to Carragher. The frustrations and disappointment were all too evident, etched on the faces of every member of the 23-man squad and coaching staff, particularly those who had participated in the 2-1 defeat to Uruguay.

One such player was Gary Cahill, England's No5. The 28-year-old, who was playing Sunday League football until the age of 15, has had experience of dealing with painful defeats in the past, but told FIFA.com that his emotions upon leaving the stadium were particularly gut-wrenching.

“It’s one of the worst feelings I’ve had in my career,” he said. “But the only satisfaction we can give ourselves is that we gave 110 per cent, everything we had, in terms of our preparation and our training. But sometimes it’s just not quite good enough. Sometimes football is cruel.

“Again we played well – we gave a good account of ourselves – but we lost the game and got nothing from it. I’ve certainly been involved in games as a player where personally and collectively as a team, we’ve played a lot worse than that and got results. But I would rather play worse and get results, if I’m honest.”

Sporting praise for Suarez

Yet the Chelsea defender was sporting enough to credit the man who made the difference in the match, the sublime Luis Suarez, who capped his return from injury with both of Uruguay’s goals. The UEFA Champions League-winner has enjoyed many tussles with the striker from Salto in the past, but on this occasion the England man came off second-best.

“He was one of the best players in the Premier League last season and he’s a great finisher,” continued Cahill. “He took his first goal really well. I thought his second goal was very fortunate, sometimes you need that bit of luck in the game and it fell for them today.”

Reaching the Round of 16 is now out of England’s hands. They must hope that Italy get six points from their next two encounters against Costa Rica and Uruguay and that they can defeat Los Ticos in Belo Horizonte, the scene of the Three Lions’ lowest ebb at the 1950 World Cup when they failed to qualify from the group stage.

In the meantime, Cahill and the England crew will be crossing their fingers and cheering for Gli Azzurri in Recife, as an Italian win would make their preparations for their final Group D game all the more meaningful.

“At the moment, it’s so hard to take,” said Cahill. “It’s going to be four very hard days for us to swallow. On the flip side, we hope Italy perform very well in the next two games and we get a win in the last one. That’s all we can do at this moment.”

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在过去，英国媒体一直在争论是否代表自己的国家玩家关心的是他们的俱乐部一样。他们的论据是加强2008年时，这句话出现在杰米卡拉格的自传：

“穿着英格兰队服的失败不会伤害我一样失去我的俱乐部。我不关心或不关心，我只是没有把英格兰的命运在我的优先级列表的顶部。失去感觉失望而不是一场灾难。我永远不会爱上在英国的第一个地方。”

那些看到英格兰的球员走出了球场圣保罗会说2014类觉得卡拉格很不同。挫折和失望都太明显，蚀刻的脸上的每一个成员的23名球员和教练们，特别是那些参与了2-1击败乌拉圭。

一个这样的球员是加里-卡希尔，英格兰的5号。28岁，他在星期日的联赛，直到15岁，已经在处理痛苦的过去失败的经验，但告诉FIFA.com他的情绪在离开球场特别痛苦。

“这是一个我已经在我的职业生涯最糟糕的感觉，”他说。“但是我们可以给自己唯一的满意度是我们给110分，我们拥有的一切，在我们准备和我们的训练。但有时它只是不够好。有时，足球是残酷的。

“我们踢得很好，–我们给自己–出色但是我们输了比赛，却从中什么也没得到。我确实参与了奥运会作为一个球员，个人和集体作为一个团队，我们踢得比这更糟糕的了很多，得到的结果。但我宁愿打坏的和得到的结果，如果我是一个诚实的人。”

运动对苏亚雷斯的赞美

然而切尔西后卫运动足够的信用的人在比赛的不同，崇高的路易斯苏亚雷斯，谁在他的复出与乌拉圭的目标。欧洲冠军联赛冠军有很多要从过去的空翻的前锋，但这一次，英国人已经是第二好的。

“他是上赛季在英超联赛中最好的球员，他是一个伟大的终结者，”卡希尔。“他拿了他的第一个进球真的很好。我认为他的第二个进球是非常幸运的，有时你还需要一些运气的游戏，它爱上了他们。”

达到16轮现在的英格兰队的手。他们都希望意大利取得六分下两次对阵哥斯达黎加和乌拉圭，他们可以在贝洛奥里藏特击败洛杉矶哥斯达黎加队，现场的三狮军团的低点在1950世界杯的时候，他们未能从小组赛中出线。

在此期间，卡希尔和英国船员会交叉手指和Gli蓝衣军团在累西腓欢呼，为意大利胜利将使他们准备他们的D组最后游戏更加有意义。

“目前，它将很难，”卡希尔说。“这将是我们很难吞下四天。另一方面，我们希望意大利的表现非常好，在接下来的两场比赛中，我们在最后一个获得胜利。这是我们能够做的这一刻。”