England coach Southgate boasted ahead of the 2022 Qatar World Cup draw, saying the era of the Three Lions has come.
Southgate insisted that England deserved to be the “top seed” for the World Cup in Qatar, as they were one of the few teams expected to win the World Cup. He admits that he has always dreamed that his team would finally lift the trophy and go further than when they reached the semi-finals four years ago.
Southgate, who has flown to Qatar for the draw, said: “It’s very special, it’s a pinnacle. The World Cup is still the ultimate award you can win as a player, there’s no trophy more important than that. All Of course players feel that way too. My expectations are always about the team, what they will think, what they will do, what the outcome will look like and so on.”
“What did we say to the players this week? If we get to the semi-finals, we get to the finals, we did it. If we get to the finals, we get the final victory, that’s clear. Although it is very difficult to do that, we must all play as close to perfection as possible.”
“It’s a challenge for us because we have to be in the right shape all the time. Not just when we get to Qatar, but even before that, that’s what we have to do every day together. direction of effort.”
Once upon a time, when the so-called golden generation failed to deliver on their talent and promise to help the Three Lions win major tournaments, the perception was that England would always be weighed down by high expectations and false expectations. .
But Southgate’s side were different, having reached the semi-finals of the World Cup and the final of the subsequent European Championship, missing out only on penalties. Now, he’s not afraid of the high expectations people have on his team. They are tied with Argentina, Brazil, France and Belgium as one of the favourites to win the title, and Southgate has reason to believe that this may well be their time.
Southgate added: “We’re well aware that we’ve had consistent performances over the last three or four years and we’re one of the teams that can win that final honour – I think there’s actually very few teams like that. . . We definitely deserve respect, and I think we’re going to be an opponent that other teams want to avoid.”
England were drawn in pot one, and in pot two, they had their old rivals Germany, and Southgate clearly refused when asked if they would collide with Germany. The England manager believes that a good draw result is bound to be the key to affecting their promotion, and he should avoid falling into the group of death anyway.
“You just have to look at a pool of teams and you’ll see that there are a lot of teams that are good at winning the last game, Portugal is the same, France is the same, so they’ve all won major tournaments and they’ve all won Champions League of Nations.”
“Next, in the second pot, there are also a few teams that are capable of being this real threat. It’s not about the fact that certain teams have beaten them on a certain day of the year. That’s what the World Cup is about. Dangerous place.”
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