{"id":19304,"date":"2014-05-18T10:16:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T10:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=19304"},"modified":"2014-05-18T10:16:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T10:16:45","slug":"frank-lampard-england-midfielder-named-vice-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/frank-lampard-england-midfielder-named-vice-captain\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Lampard: England midfielder named vice-captain"},"content":{"rendered":"
Frank Lampard will be England’s vice-captain at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, says manager Roy Hodgson.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old Chelsea midfielder has 103 caps and will be deputy to skipper Steven Gerrard, ahead of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.<\/p>\n
“Frank’s been the vice-captain all along in Steven’s absences, which I think has been twice,” said Hodgson. “He’s stepped up quite brilliantly.”<\/p>\n
Lampard has captained England six times during his career.<\/p>\n
“I’ve always thought that he was going to be a key member of this 23 because of his experience and what he brings to the team apart from pure footballing ability,” Hodgson told the Football Association website.<\/p>\n
“He brings a lot of other things to us in terms of his leadership qualities and characteristics.”<\/p>\n
England will play three friendlies against Peru, Ecuador and Honduras before beginning their World Cup campaign on 14 June against Italy.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Frank Lampard will be England’s vice-captain at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, says manager Roy Hodgson. The 35-year-old Chelsea midfielder has 103 caps and will be deputy to skipper Steven Gerrard, ahead of Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney. “Frank’s been the vice-captain all along in Steven’s absences, which I think has been twice,” said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[161,29,3,808,654],"yoast_head":"\n