▲ England head coach Southgate leads the national team.
Team name: England (England)
FIFA Abbreviation: ENG
Population: 52.7 million
Year of establishment: 1863
Join FIFA: 1905
Number of matches in the meeting: 15th (6 consecutive sessions shortlisted)
Last result: Top 32 groups eliminated
Qualification: European Group F qualifying first (8 wins, 2 draws, 18 goals conceded 3 goals)
Current FIFA ranking: 12th (new ranking in June this year)
The best results of the World Cup: 1966 World Cup champion
Coach: Southgate
Core players: Kane, Ali (Dele Alli), Sterling
Historical honors: World Cup champion 1966
▲ England striker Harry Kane.
In the history of World Cup winning, England, known as the "modern football motherland", finally realized its wish to be the king in 1966 and became the fifth dynasty to win the World Cup. However, in the Premier League country, which is the most successful in professional football marketing, after returning to the semi-finals of the World Cup in 1990, it has been difficult for this good result to be reappeared in 24 years. Today, England plays the youth card, hoping to cross the threshold of nearly 30 years with new vitality and realize its desire to move forward in the semi-finals of the World Cup.
The UK is the birthplace of modern football, so FIFA FIFA specifically allows the Great British Association to send 4 independent football associations to form teams to participate in international competitions, among which the English team is the strongest. They won the World Cup in 1966, which is the only record for the Three Lions to win the World Cup.
England won a World Cup championship in 1966 as the host, its best result in the past half a century was the fourth place in the 1990s, and has never reached the semi-finals since the 1996 European Championships. After big-name stars such as Beckham, Ferdinand, Terry announced their withdrawal or fade out of the team, the England team bid farewell to a golden age, and in extraordinary times, they even found foreign coaches to reorganize, and at most they stopped in the quarterfinals.
England has hired foreign coach Eriksen for the first time since the 2002 World Cup. It has effectively integrated a group of young players. After reaching the quarterfinals, it only hated the final Brazilian team , which won the championship with one goal. Four years later, Eriksen still led the team to the quarterfinals again in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, and was blocked from the semi-finals by Portugal. Later, it was led by Italian coach Capello . He had a brilliant record in the 2010 World Cup outside the 2010 World Cup and tried to break through the threshold of the consecutive quarterfinals, but was blocked by Germany in the round of 16, and the gold medal coach Capello of the Yijia League also stepped down.
In the last 2014 Brazil World Cup, England was trapped in the Death Group D of three former world champions, and lost to Italy and Uruguay, and only tied Costa Rica. In the end, the group was eliminated.
The England team made a comeback in the extra-season match, winning 8 wins and 2 draws in 10 games in Group F, and advanced to the first place in advance. This is England's 15th promotion in the European region and the 6th consecutive time being shortlisted for the internal competition.
is the outskirts of the entire European region, and only the four teams, Germany, Spain, Belgium and England, remain unbeaten. Although England scored 18 goals in these 10 games, and its offensive firepower cannot be compared with Germany and Spain, the current coach Southgate advocates practical football, conceded only 3 goals, and became the team with the least goals conceded with Spain.
Before the meeting, England ended 10 warm-up matches, 7 wins and 3 draws, 7 wins and 3 draws, 7 wins and 7 wins and 10 games, and only 3 goals were lost. Especially in fierce battles between Germany, Brazil, the Netherlands and Italy, they can remain unbeaten. These strong teams are also suffocated in front of the defense of England. The defense of England team coached by Southgate will become one of the killer weapons to strive for the World Cup this summer.
The current coach Southgate, who is a defender, has a coaching style that focuses on defense. In the outside game, England is one of the best European teams with the best defense. Although there are no absolute stars like Lampard, Gerald, Rooney, , and Rooney, Southgate has begun to make drastic reforms in the British army. Under his philosophy, England has gradually stormed their youth storm on the field, with a group of strong young people such as Kane, Sterling, and Ali.
The number one star in England today comes from Tottenham's striker Kane. This season, Kane scored 37 goals for Tottenham in various competitions, becoming a major player who has captured the team. Especially in 2017, Kane surpassed , Messi and Lewandowski scorers such as 2017 with an amazing performance of 55 goals.
▲ England World Football International Rose.
Ali, the midfield core of Tottenham, who is with Kane, is now also the core figure in the England team. Ali has an advantage that other players cannot replace in the England team, which is that he has an amazing tacit understanding with Kane at Tottenham. On the court, Kane can be more like a fish in the frontcourt. The performance of these two stars with a total value of more than 200 million pounds has affected the English team's final performance in Russia.
In this World Cup, England is in Group G with Belgium, Panama and Tunisia. Except for Belgium, the other two teams should not cause too much trouble to England. In this group, England's qualifying is not a problem. The only question is whether they can win the confrontation with Belgium and advance to the knockout stage as the top spot in the group. It is worth mentioning that since many players in the Belgian team in , the competition between England and Belgium can also be regarded as a Premier League civil war. Whoever wins at that time may become the first place in this group. This game will also be a life-and-death battle with Mars hitting the earth.
▲ England coach Southgate.
England has played against Belgium 21 times, with England having the advantage of 15 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. The latest encounter was in the warm-up match in June 2012. At that time, relying on Wilbeck to break the net, England narrowly won 1-0. However, in recent years, Belgian stars have exploded like a blowout, and England may not have an advantage on the court.
England should be worried about qualifying in the group stage. If you qualify as first in Group G, you will be second in Group H in the knockout stage of the round of 16. In Group H, the strong Poland and Colombia have a high chance of advancing, but England would rather meet Colombia, but even if you meet Poland, England is not too afraid.
▲ England won the U20 World Cup championship.
Next is the key. Once England enters the quarterfinals, it will be a life-and-death battle for England. Whether they are first in the group or second in the group, they may encounter the Brazilian team in Group E first, and they may encounter the German team in Group F first. I believe that these two strong teams are the ones England is most reluctant to encounter, but if they can enter the World Cup quarterfinals again, England will basically meet the standards. If they can really beat Germany or Brazil in an upset way, then English fans will be in a carnival, because this will set the best result in the past 30 years and return to the World Final Four.
In the newly released world rankings in FIFA in June, England ranked 12th. With this, England has a certain gap with strong teams like Germany and Brazil, but who can say that England cannot launch a strong impact on them? In terms of odds to win the championship, England currently ranks 7th most popular. It must be mentioned that throughout 2017, the teams of all ages in England have achieved good results, such as the U17 and U19 both won the World Cup championship. As for how far can these young troops go under the combination of Southgate? Let's wait and see.
