AL WAKRAH, Qatar — John Stones has stated England must use the early exits of Germany and Belgium as a warning to not take their World Cup progress with no consideration.
Gareth Southgate’s facet face Senegal in Sunday’s round-of-16 conflict at Al Bayt Stadium as they purpose to construct on reaching the World Cup semifinals in 2018 and final summer time’s European Championship remaining.
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With two of the larger nations — Germany and Belgium — already on their manner residence from Qatar after falling quick within the group stage, Stones informed a information convention: “It is always difficult when you see big teams or big players in teams that don’t have the success that you want or don’t live up to the expectation of a nation or where they see themselves.
“We do not ever need to fall into that class. So I feel that is nice motivation for us as a reminder that you just by no means need to take something with no consideration or who you might be enjoying towards.
“All we can affect is what we are doing, what games we are playing and who we are playing against, giving it our all — I don’t think me speaking on other teams or other generations can help. I don’t want to put more pressure on us as a team.
“I’m an enormous believer of controlling what we are able to, that’s the recreation on Sunday, how we strategy it, we began that this week. Giving it all the pieces in each recreation we have performed it. We typically have not acquired the outcome we wished. We seemed again at that recreation and thought how properly organised they had been [and] took that into the subsequent recreation.”
Stones also said his centre-back partner Harry Maguire deserves respect for ignoring “outdoors noise” to play a key role for England at the World Cup.
Maguire relied on a degree of loyalty from Southgate to make the final 26-man squad for Qatar after starting just nine matches for Manchester United across all competitions this season.
The 29-year-old was also booed by some England fans when representing his country back in March but has shrugged off the criticism to produce three solid displays here in Qatar against Iran, the United States and Wales.
“I feel proper from the primary recreation [in Qatar], it was the very best response in what he is been doing,” Stones said of Maguire.
“All three video games he is performed in, he is been terrific and it’s about us discovering that partnership once more, whoever we play with. I feel we have now completed in these three video games and now it’s time for us to maintain constructing and maintain enhancing and that’s nice credit score to him.
“I spoke at length on Harry before, there were a lot of questions that I got asked and playing with someone for so many games at England and been through so many moments with him, knowing what he’s been going through for his club and the person he is, it speaks volumes about him.
“To come via that and nonetheless consider in himself like I consider in him, like all his groups consider in him, his teammmates at United, and I feel there’s been a number of noise from the skin which he isn’t listened to. He’s tried to enhance himself and higher himself and he is come into this match and hit the bottom working and that is nice credit score to him.”
England must use Germany, Belgium exits as motivation
England must use Germany, Belgium exits as motivation
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England must use Germany, Belgium exits as motivation