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English manager Gareth Southgate hopes his team will benefit from the momentum generated by his race to the World Cup semi-finals and following the path of Germany Southgate and its players have been hailed at home after reaching the last four for the first time since 1990, and for bringing together a bitterly divided nation on the Brexit.
"They see a team leaving everything on the pitch, what they have, and played with style.I think the audience appreciated," said Southgate before the match for Saturday's third place against Belgium.
"They need to know the players better and realize that perception is different from reality, and I think there will be an affinity and something we can rely on."
used the example of the well-being of the German performance at the 2006 finals, where the hosts – with a young team like the current England – He conquered a nation despite his defeat against Italy in half -final.
"The youth and enthusiasm of the team propelled them into the minds of their audience," said Southgate. another eight years to win (the World Cup). I'm not looking for eight years, but internationally you have to wait every two years.
"We will be stronger than by age and great match experiences that will build resilience."
Bobby Robson Terry Venables, the last two men to lead England in the semi-finals – at the 1990 World Cup and at Euro 96 – left their jobs immediately after.
However, Southgate has a contract until 2020 which could be extended until 2022 World Cup, giving stability to England
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"We have established a point of reference for the way we work, "he said.
"There is a culture that exists now." We are here to improve every time we play, "he continued.
" There were low expectations that eased the coming pressure in the tournament but still the pressure to get out of the group, win a knockout match win a shootout and they faced that.
"If you want to play for England, you have to deal with that, players can now associate the game for England with pleasure, without feeling besieged as if everything was against them."
feeling that a unique opportunity in a life has passed Southgate and his team is still clearly resonating "None of us know if it's as good as that," he said, after that England was beaten 2-1 by Croatia in overtime on Wednesday.
"We were 20 minutes from a World Cup final and then in overtime about 10 minutes of penalties to enter the final."
Southgate admitted that the challenge of preparing for a consolation game was tough with raw emotion after Wednesday 's defeat. In terms of mentality, this has obviously been a difficult time for us, "he said, revealing that there would be changes to the game of Belgium.
"It will not be exactly the same start, but ideally wanting to make as few changes as possible.We have the chance to win a medal at the World Cup, which only another English team has ever done. [19659005] "There is a lot of motivation for us. Belgium has already beaten us (1-0 in the group stage) so we would like to fix it. "- AFP
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