But after coming on to score and hit the post in the 2-1 defeat to Romania in the next game, the 18-year-old Liverpool striker was not to be denied his beginning place.
Michael Owen started England's opening game of the 1998 World Cup on the bench as manager Glenn Hoddle opted for a front of Teddy Sheringham and Alan Shearer against Tunisia.
Owen's fantastic solo strike against Argentina, after he won the penalty for England's first objective of the game, ensured that when England departed on penalties he was immediately linked with big-money moves to Juventus and Actual Madrid.
Michael Owen started England's opening game of the 1998 World Cup on the bench as manager Glenn Hoddle opted for a front of Teddy Sheringham and Alan Shearer against Tunisia.
Owen's fantastic solo strike against Argentina, after he won the penalty for England's first objective of the game, ensured that when England departed on penalties he was immediately linked with big-money moves to Juventus and Actual Madrid.
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