Ferdinand targets ultimate prize

Rio Ferdinand insists England's World Cup campaign will be a failure if they do not claim the ultimate prize.

England face Portugal in the quarter-final in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday and Ferdinand set his sights on winning the tournament on 9 July.

"Anything other than the final is a disappointment. No-one comes here to get to the quarter-final," he said.

"No-one will be content with that. I have lost a quarter-final to Brazil four years ago and it means nothing."

He added: "Being there on the last day and picking up the trophy is the only way it will be successful for me.

"I recall losing to Brazil and you sit there feeling dumb-founded. You ask yourself what you could have done better, what you could have done to stop a goal.

"It is question after question. We had a game against Brazil when we had an opportunity to go on and win it and we didn't take it."

From : BBC