"You have to -- you don't have any choice," England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said after his team advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup with a scrappy 1-0 win over Ecuador.
It will have to be even better to beat host and three-time champion Germany in the World Cup quarterfinals.
Germany captain Michael Ballack and striker Miroslav Klose did not train with the rest of the German squad on Tuesday but a DFB spokesman said their absence was not due to any injury.
Australia's heartbroken players say it's imperative for a big-name international coach to carry on Guus Hiddink's football revolution.
Rio Ferdinand has defended England's slow start to the World Cup and is confident they will raise their game against Portugal in Saturday's quarter-final showdown.
Italy may not be winning many friends for their dogged World Cup performances, but who cares when you're in the quarter-finals?
Coaches under pressure from the heavy expectations of fans and media back home have found a wide variety of ways to cope with tension on the touchline at the World Cup -- smoking, jumping, cursing and even prowling.
French football legend Zinedine Zidane will play his last ever match on Tuesday if Spain's veteran striker Raul has anything to do with it.
Switzerland coach Koebi Kuhn said his team's 3-0 penalty shootout defeat by Ukraine was "awful" but insisted the Swiss would bounce back from their World Cup second round exit.
Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin was so nervous about his team's penalty shootout against Switzerland on Monday that he retreated to the dressing room and did not even know that his best player had missed one.
Australia was in a state of disbelief on Tuesday after the Socceroos' incredible World Cup journey ended in heartbreak.
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