Lampard bother 'baffles' Terry

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The reception Lampard received during Friday's friendly against Brazil at Wembley was the same received by Peter Crouch and Owen Hargreaves in the past couple of years - but Terry is convinced Lampard will put such treatment behind him.

Terry said: "I was a little bit surprised by the fans' reaction. I was baffled more than anything as to where it has all come from and why. Not only for Chelsea but also for England, Frank has been fantastic."

He added: "There are not many players in the world who have achieved what Frank has achieved, done what he has done over a course of three or four years. I am baffled.

"Yes, an England goal would do him the world of good as it does everyone else. It would be great for him to do that but Frank has got other roles to play in the team. It is not just about his goal scoring.

"You take his goal scoring away and he brings an awful lot to the team as well.

"I think Frank must have been shocked by what happened against Brazil. Even when I was sitting there on the bench and Frank was coming off, I was thinking 'Where has this come from' and it must have had the same affect on him."

The majority of England players will be completing an 11-month season after the World Cup finals last summer on Wednesday night against Estonia but Terry insists they will be firing on all cylinders.

And he stressed the need for patience should England not make an early breakthrough against a side only beaten 1-0 by group leaders Croatia at the weekend.

He said: "Estonia are a good side, very tough to break down, very good at set pieces. They almost scored against Croatia. We are aware of that and have done a lot of work on that."