Michael Owen is out of the World Cup and flying back to England after a scan revealed the extent of his knee injury. The 26-year-old striker twisted his right knee in the second minute of the 2-2 draw with Sweden in Cologne. "Obviously it's a massive blow to suffer the injury - and be out of the World Cup. As soon as it happened I knew I was in trouble," said Owen. Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said: "I'm sorry for him. But we have many players who can take that second striker role." Owen said that he would return to England and work with the Newcastle medical staff to start a recovery programme. The Magpies are expected to issue more details in a statement later on Wednesday. "I'm clearly sorry to be leaving the lads in Germany, but I'm convinced they can go on and achieve success. "I'll be following all the matches very closely and giving them my full support, hopefully all the way to Berlin. "My main objective is now to get fit as quickly as possible for Newcastle United." Eriksson said: "Michael has had terrible luck with injuries since Christmas. "I feel very sorry for him to miss out on the rest of the World Cup - it's a blow to him and a big loss for the team. "However I am sure Michael will work very hard to get back as quickly as possible for Newcastle and England. "He is a true professional and a very mentally strong person." However, Eriksson said his team were still capable of lifting the World Cup despite the loss of Owen. "We have Theo Walcott, who we haven't seen yet, we have the players in the squad who can play second striker such as Joe Cole and Steven Gerrard and Aaron Lennon can do it too. "I'm not that worried about it. We don't want any more injuries on strikers but I'm not worried," added Eriksson. England goalkeeper Paul Robinson told BBC Sport: "Everyone's gutted for Michael. "It looks like we'll go through the rest of the tournament with Wayne Rooney and Peter Crouch and hopefully they'll do well." And England captain David Beckham said: "It's sad - Michael's one of those players you need in big tournaments. It's unfortunate for him and for us," The bad injury caps a nightmare season for Owen, who returned to English football last summer in a ￡17m switch from Real Madrid to Newcastle. He enjoyed a successful start to his Newcastle career, but broke his foot on New Year's Eve at Tottenham. Owen battled back to play at the World Cup but looked less than fully fit and was substituted in both of England's opening games, without scoring. Owen接受檢查後的照片: http://0rz.net/ec1vV --

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