We must recreate spirit of 2015 or risk being embarrassed at World Cup, says England coach Phil Neville Neville wants a tightly-knit group at the Women's World Cup in France England start their campaign against Scotland in Nice on Sunday evening Scotland coach Shelley Kerr has attempted to heap the pressure on NevilleBy Oliver Holt For The Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 8 June 2019 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 8 June 2019 Viewcomments England coach Phil Neville last night warned that if England do not recreate the spirit of togetherness that took them to the semi-finals of the last Women’s World Cup in Canada, they risked being embarrassed at the latest edition of the tournament in France where they begin their campaign tonight against Scotland at the Allianz Riviera stadium. ‘We know that there are expectations on us,’ Neville said, ‘we like the pressure being on us and we are not going to hide away from the fact that we want to do well here. I want us to have the same spirit that we had when we were underdogs in 2015. If we don’t have that spirit, we will end up with egg on our faces.’ Scotland coach Shelley Kerr attempted to heap the pressure on Neville and his side ahead of the clash against the Scots by suggesting his stated ambition of winning the tournament will weigh heavily on them. England coach Phil Neville and captain Steph Houghton at a press conference on Saturday ‘It would be 100% fair to say that the lion’s share of the pressure is on the England team,’ Kerr said. ‘Phil Neville has said England are here to win the World Cup so it will be a tough match for us. It will be tough but we are looking to get a good result.’ England are acutely aware of the danger posed by a talented Scotland team and their highly-rated coach in their opening group game and know that they will be seeking extra motivation from the high profile that the Lionesses have been given in the run-up to the tournament. ‘If you think about Scotland,’ Neville said, ‘I would love to be a Scotland player looking forward to playing against England because you think: “Look at them, they’re talking a lot, them lot, they’re on social media a lot, they’re talking all the campaigns and everything.” We’ve just got to be ready for that.’ England's tilt at the Women’s World Cup starts on Sunday evening against Scotland England are coming into the tournament on the back of a defeat to New Zealand in their final warm-up match and injury doubts over striker Toni Duggan and full back Demi Stokes and Neville is determined that his side will not fall victim to the kind of giant-killing that befell the England men’s team coached by his brother, Gary, in this stadium at Euro 2016 when they lost to Iceland. ‘The challenge tomorrow is like no other tournament,’ Neville, who never played in a men’s World Cup, said. ‘It’s the first game, there are nerves, trepidation, fears, you have got to go through all that. We say to them every single day: “It’s just a game of football, it’s not life or death, just pass the ball from me to you and you to her,” and that’s what we try to do. ‘The two things I’ve learned about my girls is that they don’t play well if they’re not happy and they don’t play well if they’re not fresh. If we don’t get both of them right tomorrow, we won’t win the game.’ Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility