Daily Mail Sport columnist

MICHAEL OWEN: When we faced Brazil in the World Cup quarter-final in 2002 there was a genuine feeling among the players this could be our time. A path was opening up to the final. We knew we'd face the winners of Senegal vs Turkey — we felt we could beat both — and in the other semi-final there would be Germany, who we'd beaten 5-1 the year before, and South Korea. If only we could get past Brazil. If only. That is a phrase that will always feature heavily when assessing my England career. We all know how it ended in the heat of Shizuoka that day. I look back on my time with England with so many regrets. Many of my team-mates do as well. Primarily that centres around the system we played. We were made for 3-5-2, with David Beckham and Ashley Cole as wing-backs. Now I'm watching a team play that system. And I'm genuinely excited for us. Watching England play has been a chore, pretty much an unenjoyable duty for years....read