“They owe a great debt to Lars Lagerback and (long-time associate) Roland Andersson”, Hodgson said ahead of England’s last-16 showdown with the Nordic surprise packets in Nice on Monday.
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‘We made it very clear amongst ourselves that it doesn’t matter that we, in our eyes, are playing well.
“I am not even contemplating going out to Iceland”, Hodgson told reporters in Chantilly, north of Paris, prior to the game.
“You don’t get prizes for possession, you don’t get prizes for the most corners, you don’t get prizes for having the best of the play”. All our focus is on getting through that game and then we will see where it takes us because if we do get through the game then who knows?
Kane won’t be overly concerned about his drought. The ex-Sweden manager never lost in four games against England as Blagult boss – can he and his current team take heart from that and produce another memorable win.
Will Kane score tonight? Strakarnir Okkar are at their first ever global tournament this summer and they’ve made the most of this excellent opportunity so far, picking up 5 points in a group they weren’t expected to qualify from to finish in second place. “Tomorrow is the ultimate test because if we don’t win tomorrow that’s the end for us”.
Joe Carter, 41, from York, said: “I think 2-0 too, but I’m anxious it will be like Slovakia and we’ll have the ball the whole of the game but struggle to get it in the back of the net”.
Despite history appearing to favour the Spanish, Cesc Fabregas predicted a tough encounter when the sides meet at the Stade de France at perhaps the most mouth-watering tie of the entire competition, with one them destined to fly home prematurely.
“We understand that as a team, as a group of players, and we know we are favourites to win this game”.
“There’s not many players in the squad who have got that record so hopefully it won’t affect them”, said the skipper, whose only victory came a decade ago against Ecuador in the World Cup second round.
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“We want to play our own game and are confident we can win if we do just that”. He doesn’t have the wealth of talent at his disposal that I believe I have as England manager. You always try to pick the best players for an individual game.
