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Gareth Southgate has said his team can be a source of Christmas joy for the nation as he prepared England for their last-16 World Cup clash with Senegal in Doha on Sunday.
The England manager wants his players to take the country on another ‘incredible journey’, as happened with mass summer gatherings during the World Cup in 2018 and the sense of release people felt at Euro 2020, coming in the wake of the Covid pandemic.
With a winter of discontent fast approaching, comprising strikes, inflation, worries about the war in Ukraine and rising energy costs, Southgate said a World Cup run could lift the nation in the run-up to Christmas.
Gareth Southgate (left) believes his England squad can offer Christmas joy at the World Cup
Southgate wants his players to take the country on another 'incredible journey' as they approach their first knockout stage match of the World Cup against Senegal on Sunday
‘Part of the reason for doing the job is to bring happiness to others, frankly,’ said
