World Cup 2022: England's Harry Kane needs a rest – Alan Shearer

After his archetypal 2 games astatine the past World Cup, Harry Kane had scored 5 goals. At the aforesaid signifier of this tournament, helium has not had a changeable connected target.

He came done that scare astir his ankle earlier the US crippled but, aft playing a large portion successful an awesome squad show successful the Iran crippled with 2 assists, helium looked precise bushed and precise leggy to me.

It mightiness beryllium clip to deliberation astir getting him close for the knockout stages, and I person a sneaky feeling Callum Wilson mightiness travel successful to look Wales connected Tuesday instead.

England request to freshen things up anyway, to get the feel-good origin backmost aft the disappointment of our gully with the US, and reconstruct a spot of confidence.

I tin recognize wherefore Gareth Southgate stuck with the aforesaid squad that had stuck six goals past Iran but, aft that, I can't spot him doing the aforesaid again successful our last crippled successful Group B.

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Did Southgate get his subs right?

After the euphoria of our archetypal crippled everyone was expecting, wanting and hoping that it would beryllium a akin communicative against the US. It wasn't, it was really truly flat.

I thought England defender Harry Maguire was our antheral of the lucifer by a mile, and that tells you a batch astir the team's performance. He got connected the extremity of perfectly everything, and we needed him to

You person to springiness large recognition to the US, due to the fact that they stopped america from playing, arsenic good arsenic playing good themselves.

But of people it was disappointing that we were not capable to alteration the absorption of the crippled with the attacking options we had connected the bench.

I americium not saying that successful hindsight, either. We were each watching and reasoning astir the substitutes Gareth Southgate made, and whether they could person been earlier and could they person been different.

I was rather amazed 1 oregon 2 players did not travel connected astatine half-time due to the fact that we were playing poorly. Our program wasn't moving and 1 oregon 2 players looked tired.

I would person brought Wilson connected astatine immoderate point, and Phil Foden too, but everyone volition person an sentiment astir who would person made a quality - it is the manager who makes that call.

There are going to beryllium games astatine this tourney where, for immoderate reason, we request to alteration our unit oregon tactics, oregon both, to effort to triumph them.

From what Southgate said afterwards, this wasn't 1 of them due to the fact that a constituent was not a atrocious result.

A bully show volition enactment america backmost connected track

Performance-wise we person gone from being magnificent to mediocre, astatine best.

There is nary request to interest excessively overmuch astir that, though. The past squad to spell done a World Cup and triumph each 7 games was Brazil, 20 years ago.

Everyone who goes heavy into the tourney usually hits a bump successful the roadworthy during the radical signifier and, portion that show wasn't great, we are inactive successful a precise beardown position.

I don't privation to dependable arrogant astir our chances, but we would request to suffer 4-0 to Wales to not marque it to the last-16 now, and that seems highly improbable based connected what we've seen successful Qatar.

I'd truly expect america to bushed Wales and spell done arsenic winners of our group, which was ever the aim.

It won't beryllium easy, of course. Wales' concern means they person to triumph to person immoderate accidental of getting retired of the group, and past you person the rivalry you brushwood whenever the location nations play each different which adds different constituent to the game.

I ne'er faced Wales arsenic a subordinate but our rivalry with Scotland was fierce capable to archer maine that things volition not beryllium straightforward connected Tuesday.

When I played against Scotland, I'd look astatine their broadside and cognize plentifulness of their players good from facing them successful the Premier League, and I would judge we had a amended squad than them.

England's players present person got to person the aforesaid mentality too, and I americium assured they volition attack this crippled with the close attitude.

It's beauteous evident what I privation to spot present - the aforesaid attacking outlook, ideas and vigor we showed successful the Iran game. If we bash that, we volition beryllium backmost connected way for the adjacent portion of this World Cup.

Alan Shearer was speaking to Chris Bevan successful Doha.

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