England midfielder Frank Lampard has warned his team-mates that discipline on the field will be a key factor for any World Cup success. He also rejected suggestions that striker Wayne Rooney might be easily provoked into hot-headed retaliation when England play the United States in their opening group C fixture on Saturday (June 12).
Rooney was sent off for retaliation, stamping on Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho, in his last finals appearance in the quarter-finals four years ago.
Lampard, however, believes the fully-committed and energetic 24-year-old striker has matured sufficiently in the time since that dismissal to be able to rise above any deliberate attempts to prompt a red card.
"No I don't think so," he said. "Wayne has matured a lot as a player over the last few years as we all know, so I don't see that one happening."
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