BREAKING: England will miss Lampard at Euro 2012

FOOTBALL - Frank Lampard (90 caps and 23 goals) misses EURO 2012 due to a thigh injury. The Chelsea midfielder will be replaced by Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson. Lampard made three goals at England’s previous ECh appearance (2004 in Portugal). He was named in the team of the tournament by UEFA.

> Frank Lampard scored 3 of Englands10 goals at EURO 2004. Only Wayne Rooney (4) scored more goals for England that tournament.

> Only 4 English players scored more goals at a European Championship or World Cup: Gary Lineker (6 in 1986 and 4 in 1990), Alan Shearer (5 in 1996), Wayne Rooney (4 in 2004) and Geoff Hurst (4 in 1966).

> Lampard played 13 matches at England’s last three big tournaments (EURO 2004, WC 2006 and WC 2010). Ashley Cole and Steven Gerrard are the only other 2 players that played that many matches for England in these tournaments.