HE'S WALKING TALL ... two-goal Peter Crouch hails Shaun Wright-Phillips' strike
PETER CROUCH a-Nile-lated African champions Egypt with a superb second-half double.
The supersub sparked an England fightback to leave coach Fabio Capello dreaming of World Cup glory in South Africa this summer.
The towering Tottenham striker totally transformed the game, while Shaun Wright-Phillips also netted.
And Crouchie said: "I just hope I gave the manager something to think about.
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"All I can do is, when I'm given a chance, try and take it.
"You can only try to do your best, and that's what I did."
A 23rd-minute strike from Egypt striker Mohamed Zidan meant England were behind at the break. Yet Capello was content.
The Italian said: "I was happy with the chances we created in the first half. Four chances, and really, really easy to score.
"But their goalkeeper was really good and perhaps in the first half we made some mistakes.
"So when I spoke with the players after the first half I told them, 'You have to change something', and they did everything in the second half."
And the World Cup?
He grinned: "A lot of countries want to win the World Cup. We will try. We will try, OK?"
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