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England arrived successful Qatar connected Tuesday nighttime up of the Fifa World Cup, which begins connected Sunday.
Gareth Southgate's 26-man squad near Birmingham earlier successful the time and volition walk the adjacent fewer days astatine their grooming campy adjacent Doha earlier their opening crippled of the tournament.
England look Iran successful Group B connected Monday, 21 November (13:00 GMT) earlier games against the United States and Wales.
"Excitement is gathering among everyone," said skipper Harry Kane.
"We're blessed to beryllium present and looking guardant to being retired connected the grooming pitch."
Southgate added: "For each subordinate and each manager it's the pinnacle of satellite shot truthful we're truly looking guardant to investigating ourselves connected that stage."
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The England squad volition beryllium spearheaded by skipper Harry Kane successful Qatar
England supporters waited extracurricular England's squad edifice successful Qatar to greet the players connected their arrivalEngland are looking to spell astatine slightest 1 amended than their show astatine the 2018 World Cup successful Russia, wherever they reached the semi-finals and were beaten 2-1 by Croatia successful other time.
"We're trying not to deliberation that acold up but of people that's the imagination and what we're aiming to do," Kane added.
"It's going to beryllium a pugnacious tournament, we person to hole for that but truly excited to get going."
A assemblage of supporters had gathered to question disconnected Southgate's squad arsenic they near St George's Park for their formation to Qatar.
The nighttime earlier their departure, Prince William presented the players with their garment numbers for the tourney and besides provided immoderate words of encouragement.
"I'm truly present to constituent retired that the remainder of the state is down you," helium said. "We are each rooting for you, bask it."
Teams would usually basal themselves astatine a grooming campy a fewer weeks earlier a large tourney but this clip they person lone a fewer days to hole for their opening fixtures, with this World Cup taking spot successful the mediate of the home season.
"We're utilized to preparing for games with England successful a abbreviated period, with large tournaments it's a spot different," added Kane.
"The mentality of the squad volition accommodate to it good and that's what we're going to."
England play Iran, the United States and Wales successful their radical games
Prince William presented the England players with their garment numbers the nighttime earlier their departure
The England squad posed successful astute attire for their radical photograph earlier leaving for Qatar
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