,” Dyke said. “We do not see any value in changing. We think Roy has done a good job and it is an approach over four years and we hope to do better in the European Championships.”

It is the first time in 56 years England have fallen at this stage of the finals, with that World Cup squad the only one younger than the current crop. The other group-stage exit came in 1950 – the previous time the tournament was held in Brazil – and, while they approached the tournament more in hope than expectation, their early exit rankles.

這是56年來英格蘭隊首次在世界杯決賽圈的小組賽中失利，也是所有世界杯球隊中最年輕的一支球隊。另一次是在1950年——在此之前的一屆的世界杯也在巴西舉辦——在冠軍杯的征途上出乎意料的提前出局。

The general consensus heading into the tournament was that it could not be any worse than the under-achievement in South Africa four years ago. However, defeats to Italy and Uruguay coupled with surprise package Costa Rica means it has been just that, with the inquest that follows unlikely to make pretty reading for the Football Association or Hodgson.

As well as Dyke, Hodgson retains the full support of FA board members Sir Trevor Brooking, Alex Horne and Adrian Bevington, who installed him as Fabio Capello’s successor two years ago. They have seen enough promise in Brazil to believe that Hodgson is the 普遍認為，他們在世界杯上的目標不會比四年前南非世界杯更差。然而，意大利和烏拉圭隊帶來的雙重打擊，還有哥斯達黎加的這份驚喜，無論英足總還是霍奇森，接連而來的質問聲都不會放過他們的。 man to take England through to Euro 2016, which is being held in France.

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“Everybody thought we played really well in the first game and narrowly lost,” Dyke said when asked why England had lost both their opening World Cup games for the first time in history. “In the second game it could have gone either way. We were not humiliated or anything like that. They were narrow defeats, but it is for the football people, not for me to identify why we did not win.”

Ever since he took on the job of FA chairman, Dyke has targeted victory at the 2022 World Cup. When he was asked whether that target was still attainable, Dyke said: “Yes, I do, but I think it means lots of changes in English football. I think there is a real chance that we can develop and win in 2022 – that is the aim.”

除了代克，霍奇森得到了足協董事會成員特里沃·布魯金爵士（Sir.Trevor Brooking）特雷弗·布魯金爵士，亞歷克斯·霍恩(Alex Home)和安德烈·阿德里安(Adrian Bevington)的全力支持。他們在兩年前選擇了他繼任法比奧·卡佩羅（Fabio Capello）的位置。他們在巴西看到了希望，相信霍奇森就是那個帶領球隊進入2016年法國歐洲杯的最佳人選。

“所有人都認為我們在第一場比賽中真的踢的很好，只是惜敗。”在問及英格蘭隊為什么會史無前例的在揭幕賽中就輸掉時，代克說道：“在第二場比賽中本來還有希望的。我們一點也不覺得丟臉。對方只是險勝，但那也只是看球的人這樣想，我不認為那是我們沒有贏的原因。”

自從他擔任足總主席一職后，代克就瞄準了2022年世界杯冠軍的寶座。在被問到這個目標是否還可能實現時，他說，“是的，我相信能，但我認為這意味著球隊要做出許多改變。我覺得這是真正的機會，我們經過努力會在2022年奪冠的——這是目標。”