The great pleasure of the World Cup in England proved that people were wrong, according to Kyle Walker | Soccer

Kyle Walker believes that England "reunited the nation" by reaching the semifinals of the World Cup and proved that his critics were wrong, the Manchester City defender nominating Gareth Southgate as the winner. a man who deserves transformation. Although Walker called the players "absolutely gutted" for missing a spot in the World Cup final, he said that they could be very encouraged by the emotions. scenes at the end of Wednesday night's defeat against Croatia, when the English fans showed their respect for the team's performance in Russia by staying behind to cheer the players and singing their names

"J & Was in France, in Iceland, and it was completely different from that, "Walker said, recalling the 2-1 defeat under Roy Hodgson. "For them, singing when we see friends and families, sing our names and sing the name of the manager, it's completely different." I think football has brought the nation together, people go to pubs and are partying, and that's what football should be. It's nice, we all love to play the game and fans love to support it. So, it's hat for us. It is unlucky that we can not bring him home, but we hope that there will be time in the future. "

Asked what he was going to do with this World Cup, Walker replied," I think it proves wrong. There is nothing better, when people write to you and say you're not fit to wear the shirt, typing people, that's it. is somehow saying, "Well, that's it, it's up to you." for us too. I can not tell you how proud I am to share the locker room with these players. We have all grown up looking at England and to represent your country in a semifinal of a World Cup, there is no better feeling. "

Walker spoke of a huge change in the way that apathy and frustration -" We brought fans back in love with the English team "- and he could not get enough talk about the role that Southgate played in helping to reverse the situation by inculcating players the belief of going out and "

" The man is a gentleman, that's the best way to describe it, " Walker said about the manager. "He was in our place. He pays us mbadively. He knows what to say at the right time. And it makes you feel like you're the best player in the world. He gives you that confidence, and I think he has to make the most of each of us. We are the guys who run on the field but he is the backbone of this team. He ensured that everyone stayed together through the good and bad times, and made sure our feet stayed on the floor. I can not express in words the credit that he deserves for that. "

Although Walker said that there was a feeling that he was" writing in the stars so you could go to the finals and hope to do something special "when Kieran Trippier after five minutes against Croatia, he admitted that his opponents were totally different in the second half and wished them a good end of the season.

Walker insisted that England be motivated to beat Belgium on Saturday and to finishing third "Because they made us one more in the group stage", and continued to talk about using this World Cup as a platform for future success. " I think we built a house here on a good foundation, "he said." I think that before that was probably built on sand. But now, there is a good base, so we just have to build on that and make sure that we build an empire from that. "