Gareth Southgate: 'England will embrace World Cup'

England National Team head coach Gareth Sothgate has said that his squad are "hungry and want to have a go" at the World Cup 2018 in Russia. "I don't think when you're involved with England you can ever write any tournament off. That wouldn't be acceptable. We know that teams who win them tend to be more experienced. That's what Germany and Spain have done over the years," Southgate told reporters. "With this group we don't really know. We have faith in them and know they lack big-match experience but can be very exciting now and even more in the future. But I don't want to limit them: they're young and hungry and want to have a go. We will embrace the tournament." In the World Cup group stage England will face Tunisia, Panama and Belgium.

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