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England's players bash not "need fans to boo" them to cognize they person not played well, says guardant Marcus Rashford.
The Three Lions beryllium apical of Group B and stay successful a beardown presumption to scope the past 16, mostly due to the fact that of their 6-2 thrashing of Iran successful their opener.
Friday's lacklustre 0-0 gully against USA was greeted by large jeers from fans astatine the last whistle.
"I consciousness similar if we play good successful the adjacent game, that USA crippled volition beryllium forgotten," said 25-year-old Rashford.
"It's not a bully feeling. But to beryllium honorable we don't request fans to boo america to cognize we person not played well. It was a feeling that was communal among the radical - that we could person done better.
"You bash question if you would person changed things successful the build-up to the crippled but that is earthy arsenic players due to the fact that you privation to triumph arsenic galore games arsenic you can. When you don't triumph it's disappointing but we can't beryllium truthful antagonistic astir it. We're successful a bully presumption successful the group.
"When you triumph a game, you are the champion squad successful the world. When you lose, you are the worst. That's football. As players you person to support a balance."
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The drab gully with the United States saw England miss the accidental to wrapper up qualification to the knockout stage, but Gareth Southgate's broadside volition spell done careless if they debar a four-goal decision by Wales connected Tuesday.
England's show and the absorption of supporters evoked memories of the 2010 tourney successful South Africa wherever they underwhelmed and Wayne Rooney was forced to apologise for remarks made pursuing a disappointing 0-0 gully against Algeria.
Since Southgate's assignment arsenic manager successful 2016, England person reached the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup and the last of Euro 2020, with Rashford saying that it does not instrumentality "a genius" to enactment retired that their person been important improvements from what went before.
"The modular of grooming wasn't arsenic high," added Rashford. "For players, it is achromatic and white: if you are not grooming well, you can't expect to play well, you can't expect to spell into games and conscionable win.
"There has evidently been a wide alteration and wide improvement. We person done overmuch amended successful the large tournaments but adjacent successful the games done the twelvemonth we person had amended results.
"It is not often that I travel distant with England and consciousness similar we volition suffer games. As a corporate we are precise beardown and it is simply a large diagnostic that Gareth puts accent on.
"I don't deliberation it takes a genius to spot we person improved since 2016. You look astatine that show against Iceland erstwhile we got knocked retired of the Euros and it is simply a cardinal miles from wherever we are now."
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