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    Lampard holds the key

    By Dominic Raynor

    Wednesday, September 3, 2003

    When England faced Macedonia at St Mary's in October last year, Frank Lampard was nothing more than a spectator on the substitutes' bench as Sven-Goran Eriksson's side scrambled a disappointing 2-2 draw. However, as England take to the field against Macedonia in Skopje on Saturday - for the first of a Euro 2004 qualifying double header - the £11million Chelsea player could well find himself the key man in a depleted England midfield. With regulars Paul Scholes and Steven Gerrard already ruled ...

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