Frank Lampard on the goal that Never was | Itv Sport Archive

When you strike that shot, you see it hit the bar, you see it bounce down, what are you thinking? I knew it was a goal. I knew instantly. I haven't even seen the replay yet, I don't need to. It looked to me like it was going to hit the roof of the net afterwards because it was so far over. And obviously the spin of the ball made it come out. It's not even close. No, I knew that. I knew that. I couldn't believe it. I was a bit baffled for a minute and obviously angry afterwards. But I don't quite know how you get that one wrong. I saw it from taking the shot. The referee was not far away from me. That's the way it was. If it goes to 2-2, do England win? That would be maybe too far to say. But for sure the game is different and I think we possibly would have done because we had the momentum. We would have gone in with momentum and the first 20 minutes of the second half, there's only one team that looks like winning the game. And at 2-0 it might have been a bit different. We were pushing and pushing and maybe a bit too desperately because we let them counterattack on us. Psychologically, what impact did that have? The fact that you didn't get it to 2-2? It was a bit of anger in the dressing room. We had to refocus. I thought we'd done that pretty well. I felt that a goal was coming. I really did. I felt that an equaliser would come. We were getting possession. We were pushing. Wayne was getting on the ball and slipping people in. I thought it was almost a matter of time and then you get a sucker punch. Does it feel like failure for this group of players again? We're coming to win. That's a missed failure. Simple as that. And what about you and this generation of players? Do you carry on? Is there a European Championship campaign in the legs, Frank? I hope so. My legs feel good. Another World Cup? I don't know about that. I hope so. I'd keep going as long as I was wanted and as long as I thought I could do. I don't think it's time even to talk about that now. It's just time to reflect on getting knocked out. I certainly want to carry on. What about video technology? Will that ever happen? Does FIFA look at this now and finally bring in video technology? They make enough little changes to the game that are almost irrelevant at times to not make a big one that makes a big difference. We got sat down before this tournament and told about a million different things. Little fouls and little silly things. How you can not bring in something that will take a few seconds and say yes or no to a goal is beyond me. And tactically, where can England improve? What needs to improve? I don't know. Again, I think it's too early to sit back and that's something for us all to dwell on. Ourselves, the manager, and maybe we have to improve because we want to come back and win another time. But I don't really know where to start. I'm not really in the mood to start thinking about that at the moment.