if they avoid a four goal defeat against wales. the welsh can still qualify they need firstly to beat england. if iran and usa draw, that victory will be enough to send them through. if that other game is not a draw, wales will need to win by four tonight to knock england out. the welsh position has been weakened by two late iranian goals. heartbreaking. what comes next must be breathtaking. everyone understands the magnitude of this tournament, what it means to the whole nation and, ideally, we wouldn t be in the position we are, where we re relying on permutations and all the rest of it. but it s still there for us to go and do go and get the three points and see what happens after that. around england there is calm that is gareth southgate s way but there are questions as to whether calm became drowsy against the usa. some of the optimism from the 6 2 demolition of iran has evaporated into the arabian air. now southgate takes his team
be breathtaking. everyone understands the magnitude of this tournament, what it means to the whole nation and, ideally, we wouldn t be in the position we are, where we re relying on permutations and all the rest of it. but it s still there for us to go and do go and get the three points and see what happens after that. around england there is calm that is gareth southgate s way but there are questions as to whether calm became drowsy against the usa. some of the optimism from the 6 2 demolition of iran has evaporated into the arabian air. now southgate takes his team into another atmosphere entirely. the opponent is wounded. they have high motivation to beat england, of course. we know exactly what they re capable of. we ve got to play at our very highest level. we ve got to be composed, but we ve also got to be ruthless within the game. leek versus the rose. for close to a century and a half, england and wales have been playing football against each other
that victory will be enough to send them through. if that other game is not a draw, wales will need to win by four tonight to knock england out. the welsh position has been weakened by two late iranian goals. heartbreaking. what comes next must be breathtaking. everyone understands the magnitude of this tournament, what it means to the whole nation and, ideally, we wouldn t be in the position we are, where we re relying on permutations and all the rest of it. but it s still there for us to go and do go and get the three points and see what happens after that. around england there is calm that is gareth southgate s way but there are questions as to whether calm became drowsy against the usa. some of the optimism from the 6 2 demolition of iran has evaporated into the arabian air. now southgate takes his team into another atmosphere entirely. the opponent is wounded. they have high motivation to beat england, of course. we know exactly what
the fact that italy in gareth southgate s words are that much further along in their process. now southgate of course will hope that the same will apply for his team now heading into the next world cup, saying that pointing to the likes of france he reached the final of the previous european commission before going on to win the world cup. he will of course perhaps route some of those decisions and it significantly those decisions and it significantly those around those penalty takers. was it too much to ask saka at 19 years old in the final of a major tournament to take that decisive penalty was met was it too much for the likes of marcus rashford to come on as did jane sanchez would not play a part in that game late on the second period to then step up and take decisive spot kicks? should more of those experienced players who had played throughout that match commission they have taken those penalty kicks? speaking today, he said it is something they had discussed and it was his decis