Defoe stakes claim for revenge bid.JERMAIN DEFOE Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982 in Beckton, London) is an English footballer of Saint Lucian and Dominican descent. He is a striker who plays club football for Tottenham Hotspur, in the English Premier League. wants to start Wednesday's Wednesday’s child full of woe. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 309] See : Melancholy World Cup qualifier qual·i·fi·er n. 1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task. 2. with Croatia but insists England clinching their place in next summer's finals is more crucial than his own personal ambitions. Defoe is on a hot streak for his country and has netted five times in his last three internationals - all as a second-half substitute. He displayed clinical finishing to grab the second goal in Saturday's 2-1 home success against Slovenia. Defoe said: "Of course, I'd like to be in from the start on Wednesday. You want to play every game for your club and for your country. "Everyone wants to play. You don't want to sit on the bench. It is a massive game against Croatia." England will hardly lack for motivation against a team who wrecked their ambition two years ago. "We all remember what happened last time against them at Wembley and we don't want to have that feeling again," said Defoe. "It is hard to put in words what it felt like two years ago. It was like 'it's all over' - we were out of the European Championships before making the finals. "We want to forget about that and put things right. We have moved on since then, and there has been a great improvement." CAPTION(S): Goalscorer Jermain Defoe |
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