,” 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.

这是56年来英格兰队首次在世界杯决赛圈的小组赛中失利，也是所有世界杯球队中最年轻的一支球队。另一次是在1950年——在此之前的一届的世界杯也在巴西举办——在冠军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 普遍认为，他们在世界杯上的目标不会比四年前南非世界杯更差。然而，意大利和乌拉圭队带来的双重打击，还有哥斯达黎加的这份惊喜，无论英足总还是霍奇森，接连而来的质问声都不会放过他们的。 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，霍奇森得到了足协董事会成员特里沃·布鲁金爵士（Sir.Trevor Brooking）特雷弗·布鲁金爵士，亚历克斯·霍恩(Alex Home)和安德烈·阿德里安(Adrian Bevington)的全力支持。他们在两年前选择了他继任法比奥·卡佩罗（Fabio Capello）的位置。他们在巴西看到了希望，相信霍奇森就是那个带领球队进入2016年法国欧洲杯的最佳人选。

“所有人都认为我们在第一场比赛中真的踢的很好，只是惜败。”在问及英格兰队为什么会史无前例的在揭幕赛中就输掉时，代克说道：“在第二场比赛中本来还有希望的。我们一点也不觉得丢脸。对方只是险胜，但那也只是看球的人这样想，我不认为那是我们没有赢的原因。”

自从他担任足总主席一职后，代克就瞄准了2022年世界杯冠军的宝座。在被问到这个目标是否还可能实现时，他说，“是的，我相信能，但我认为这意味着球队要做出许多改变。我觉得这是真正的机会，我们经过努力会在2022年夺冠的——这是目标。”