{"id":289823,"date":"2023-09-07T11:21:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T11:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=289823"},"modified":"2023-09-07T11:21:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T11:21:45","slug":"micah-richards-reveals-how-a-man-city-treble-winner-cost-him-1million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/micah-richards-reveals-how-a-man-city-treble-winner-cost-him-1million\/","title":{"rendered":"Micah Richards reveals how a Man City Treble-winner cost him \u00a31MILLION"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Micah Richards reveals how a Man City Treble-winner cost him \u00a31MILLION&#8230; after former defender missed out on huge bonus when England failed to qualify for Euro 2008 following shock Croatia defeat<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>England were denied a place in the 2008 European Championship by Croatia<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The goalkeeper made a number of blunders in the shock 3-2 defeat at Wembley\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast\u00a0It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Micah Richards lays the blame for missing out on a huge bonus 16 years ago at the feet of a current Manchester City goalkeeper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old, now playing third fiddle to Ederson behind Stefan Ortega at the Citizens, was part of Pep Guardiola&#8217;s Treble-winning side of last season, picking up a Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League winners medal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his more trophy-laden recent spell at the Etihad, the former Liverpool and Aston Villa stopper had spent time in the England set-up, winning four caps in as many years between 2007 and 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, arguably the game he is unfortunately best remembered for came in 2007, against Croatia in a clash that saw the Three Lions &#8211; led by Steve McLaren &#8211; fall short of qualification for Euro 2008.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We didn&#8217;t have Rio [Ferdinand] or John Terry. It was a mixed-bag team.&#8217; began the former Man City and Aston Villa defender on The Rest Is Football.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/11\/75160989-0-image-a-1_1694081077002.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Micah Richards told Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer on The Rest Is Football how he missed out on a \u00a31million bonus in 2007<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/11\/75160991-0-image-a-2_1694081111989.jpg\" height=\"434\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Scott Carson made a number of errors against Croatia at Wembley as the visitors ran out 3-2 winners<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;[David] Beckham was on the bench as well. It was all over the place. But we thought we could get a draw.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That was terrible! I think my player rating after that game, at best, was a two.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I blame Scott Carson. I blame him. I&#8217;m sorry. He&#8217;s at Man City now, taking all the accolades, winning the treble, medal after medal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And he cost me a million quid. He cost me a million pounds sterling!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Not euros, not pesos, not francs\u2026 That was my bonus \u2013 get to the Euros, [have] so many appearances for England, and you get more money on your contract at Man City.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It is a game that lingers long in the memory of England fans for all the wrong reasons, a reminder of an era of under-performance given the depth of talent that is now slowly receding from the national sporting identity with the success of the current Men&#8217;s and Women&#8217;s teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Led by national hero Slaven Bilic, Croatia raced into the lead after Harry Redknapp&#8217;s perennial signing Niko Kranjcar&#8217;s long range strike slipped through Carson&#8217;s grasp inexplicably on eight minutes<\/p>\n<p>The visitors then made it two six minutes later after Ivica Olic drew Carson off his line, side-stepping the stopper to slide home into the open net.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/11\/75160987-0-image-a-3_1694081140521.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England were beaten on the night despite coming back from 2-0 down before a late Mladen Petric winner<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/11\/75161075-0-image-m-7_1694081173553.jpg\" height=\"459\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/07\/11\/75160985-0-image-a-8_1694081179974.jpg\" height=\"459\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Carson is now the third-choice goalkeeper at Man City, winning the Treble last season<\/p>\n<p>England pulled one back through Frank Lampard from the spot, with Peter Crouch levelling just after the hour mark after a brilliant finish inside the box off a David Beckham cross after Carson did well to deny Olic a second and a third.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Croatia completed the sensational win at Wembley through Mladen Petric, who fired another long range wondergoal past Carson on 77 minutes to send Croatia through to the tournament, held in Austria and Switzerland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is a game widely considered to be one of the darkest moment&#8217;s in England&#8217;s recent history, but came against a side stocked full of Croatian legends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As well as goalscorers Olic and Kranjcar, the Three Lions faced a side boasting the likes of Luka Modric, Niko Kovac, Vedran Corluka, Darijo Srna and Ederson, with Ivan Rakitic entering the fray from the bench.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12491343\/Micah-Richards-reveals-Man-City-Treble-winner-cost-1MILLION-former-defender-missed-huge-bonus-England-failed-qualify-Euro-2008-following-shock-Croatia-defeat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Micah Richards reveals how a Man City Treble-winner cost him \u00a31MILLION&#8230; 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