"That is what you prepare for mentally. You don't prepare mentally for making great saves and playing the perfect game. You prepare for trauma.
"It is regrettable and not what you want to happen but that's life and you move on, you hold your head up high and get to work in training. It won't affect me psychologically. I'm 30, I'm a man, and you have hardships in life and prepare for them.
"I'm strong enough to move on. At a younger point in my life it would have affected me more. But you hold your hand up and say 'that's gone, move on and don't let it affect you'.''
Wise words from Green.
Goalkeeper howlers are not the same as mistakes the other players made. Even some of the world's best goalkeepers could not recover from their confidence dips. I know cos I once played competitively in that position, and the amount of stress faced by the keeper is extremely intensive. Not to mention the risk of injuries and the burden of carrying the team on your bare shoulders. I once had my lips torn because an opponent had his boot on my face. Spare the keeper, it is some of the world's toughest jobs.
Never mind England. Win the next game and we should be almost thru' to the knock-outs.
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