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This is the england players arriving at the their hotel in central london last night, ahead of their first meeting with scotland at a major tournament for a quarter of a century. it is, famously, the oldest rivalry in international football, but manager gareth southgate, who played in that match 25 years ago, says he won t be building up that rivalry. when we were growing up, erm, the home internationals were one of the few games you saw live at the end of the season, and england/scotland every year was a massive occasion. now it s played less regularly. 0bviously lots of the players are friends within their clubs. we know the rivalry. but i think, yeah, i certainly haven t felt the need to build that up with the players. i want them to approach it like any other game of football, and focus on playing well. scotland know the match is huge for their chances of progressing at the tournament. they were beaten in their first game, and defeat would leave them in a perilous position in group
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