Rio Ngumoha utters his true feelings on England debut as World Cup hopes dashed

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He told England's official app: "I'll say it was a crazy feeling."I was happy, I was buzzing. I knew from when we had the meeting before that it was a first-half team and a second-half team, so I was preparing.Ngumoha is one of Liverpool's brightest talents(Image: Getty Images)"It's good that I didn't have much time to think about it, but I wasn't too nervous, to be fair.

I just wanted to play and just show everyone what I could do. And yeah, I just had fun."Following his international debut at just 17 years and 281 days old, the former Chelsea academy talent is appreciative of the chance he's been given and the reception he's experienced, all stemming from an unexpected telephone conversation."I was just at home and then I got a call from John [McDermott, FA director of football] and he just said, 'How are you?

On the ball, everyone's sharp, everyone knows how to play, everyone just combines and clicks well together."And then off the pitch as well, everyone's very humble and no-one's over the top. Like everyone's so nice, everyone's so chill and no-one's judgmental or anything."I think everyone forgets that footballers are just normal people, and everyone interacts well with each other and everyone's been so nice and friendly."