football in September, claiming that the Football
Association had made his participation
"untenable", but, while the two have not
specifically discussed the Three Lions, the
centre-back feels his colleague's support.
"He is always encouraging me," Cahill, who
started alongside Phil Jagielka in Friday's 5-0
win over San Marino, told London24.
"We haven't had that one-to-one conversation
about that particular situation but I know that
he is wishing me well.
"I was disappointed I didn't score," the defender
added after the match, having miskicked an
attempted volley in the box in the second half,
"especially as I had an earlier chance that was
blocked early doors. But it is a pity I didn't score
that time as I had the time to take it down.
"I have managed to get three in six games this
season but more important is to keep a clean
sheet.
"That's what we did, although it was poor
football."
Cahill admitted that the routine victory over the
world's joint-lowest-ranked national side had
taught England little.
"It was hard but you don't take too much from a
game like that; you are not asked too many
questions in that sort of game," he observed.
"It's nice when that happens but that's how it
goes sometimes.
"It was hard but you don't take too much
from a game like that; you are not asked too
many questions"
- Gary Cahill
"I was pleased with the performance. It was my
job simply to get hold of the ball and give it to
players who would create chances, which is
what we did.
"It was comfortable to be either a goalkeeper or
a defender, to be honest.
"We had the majority of the ball, which is what
we expected, but we had a professional job to do
and we did that, I think.
"We watched clips of them before the game, so
we knew we had to concentrate for the 90
minutes and do it right."
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