England advance in the World Cup without agony by defeat

Even with a 1-0 defeat against Belgium in their last group match on Thursday, England was not disappointed, relieved by a possible easier road to the title of the World Cup. world.

Defeat was the first in more than a year in England, ending a series of 12 games without defeat, establishing a last encounter with dangerous Colombia, while Belgium, leader of group G, against Japan [19659006] After the octaves, the road to England seems less dangerous, with a possible match in the quarterfinals against Sweden or Switzerland, while Belgium would face Brazil or Mexico, with heavyweights in Portugal,

England coach Gareth Southgate, who has nine reserves, says more about the importance he gives to the match against Belgium than anything he could talk about, but he stated that his decisions had more to do with maintaining the ph form ysique star players that with the choice of an opponent.

"What will happen next week (in the knockout phase) is the right decision, as far as I know."

"People will say that it will be the right decision only if we win, but a good decision because we could eventually enter another match that could go to the extras and risk players that we do not have to risk. . "

At a World Cup where everything went well for England, the coach meets for the first time in Russia Southgate used all the good shots and gave his own version to the game plan, but he also slapped his face, saying that he was ready to play.

"Sometimes I think you have to look at the bigger picture and make decisions that in some cases can be criticized, but everyone understands in the locker room what we are trying to do," he said. -he says. we do not like it and lose, we do not like to lose the matches, but for me we have the main goals and I understand it and I think the stadium fans have understood it too. "