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Harry Maguire has started each England crippled successful Qatar| Host nation: Qatar Dates: 20 November-18 December Coverage: Live connected BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app. Day-by-day TV listings - Full sum details |
England "really believe" they tin triumph the World Cup, dissimilar successful 2018, says centre-back Harry Maguire.
Gareth Southgate's broadside reached the semi-finals successful Russia 4 years agone and look satellite champions France successful the past 8 connected Qatar connected Saturday.
Victory would spot them past instrumentality connected Portugal oregon Morocco for a spot successful a archetypal World Cup last since 1966.
After reaching the Euro 2020 final, Maguire says determination has been a affirmative displacement successful the team's mindset.
"I deliberation that's the 1 happening I'd accidental that's a batch antithetic from the 2018 squad to this squad - I deliberation we truly judge that it is possible," said the Manchester United captain.
"I played successful 2018 and we got to the semi-final and I deliberation a batch of the lads were happy. You were blessed to beryllium portion of the semi-final.
"You cognize that immoderate happened successful that semi-final that you'd spell location and beryllium classed arsenic a leader and everyone would beryllium patting you connected the back.
"I deliberation present there's a content that we've got to triumph this tournament. It is simply a bully alteration successful the mentality.
"Of course, we cognize however pugnacious it is going to be. I deliberation determination are astir apt 5 oregon six teams with the aforesaid belief.
"But successful 2018, we astir apt weren't 1 of those teams that had that belief. Now there's 5 oregon six who person that content and we're 1 of them."
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Maguire, 29, has started each England crippled astatine the World Cup truthful acold contempt struggling for crippled clip and signifier this play astatine nine level.
His performances successful Qatar person repaid the religion enactment successful him by manager Southgate but Maguire says his self-confidence has ne'er wavered.
"I don't work excessively overmuch if I'm being honest," helium said. "You prime up bits and bobs and possibly my household work things much than me. I archer them to enactment disconnected [social media], but possibly they don't due to the fact that it's a wont for astir radical these days.
"I work small bits and bobs, but I'm 29 years old, the skipper of Manchester United and person made 52 appearances for my country.
"So, erstwhile I look backmost connected my vocation and enactment everything into perspective, if I was a young lad past I'm surviving the dream. I'm doing everything I ever wanted to do.
"Where I'm astatine at the moment, the adjacent signifier of my vocation I privation to commencement winning trophies.
"The past twelvemonth has been difficult, and I haven't played arsenic good arsenic I've done successful the erstwhile 5 years astatine the apical level.
"But I deliberation during a vocation there's lone astir apt Lionel Messi and Cristiano [Ronaldo] who are the lone 2 who've not had a dip successful their careers.
"It's a 15-year vocation if you're fortunate really, there's nary mode really, particularly with each the scrutiny that's connected defenders these days, you're not going to person dips.
"I'm astir apt going to person different 1 arsenic well, but it's however you travel back, however you bounce backmost from them. You've got to stay focused and support the content successful yourself."
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