England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson admits his thoughts immediately after the World Cup were that "we should have done better, we could have beaten Brazil".

However, Eriksson claims his batteries are "recharged" after his summer break and he is set for his first scouting mission of the season at Elland Road on Saturday, where Leeds play Manchester City.

The Swede told the FA's official website, www.thefa.com, how he has moved on mentally from the World Cup in Japan and South Korea and now has his sights set on the forthcoming European Championships qualification campaign.

"As you can imagine, when we went out of the World Cup, for the next few days after I was thinking 'we should have done better, we could have beaten Brazil, and so on,"' he admitted.

"But I also took the opportunity to relax a little. That's the good thing about being a manager of a national team - you can't buy or sell players! When you are manager of a club you are on the phone every day. But as national team manager I was able to take a short break. Now I feel recharged and I'm looking forward to the season."

Eriksson also revealed that he is anxious to meet up with his players again as the friendly with Portugal at Villa Park on September 7 looms.

"Of course, having been together for so many weeks during the World Cup, I feel as though I know the players who were in the squad very well now. It shall be good to see the them again."