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Gareth Southgate has urged his England players to be brave as he issued a rallying cry ahead of tonight’s World Cup quarter-final against France.
And the England manager has vowed to ‘dad dance’ if his team end 56 years of hurt by winning the tournament. First, they must overcome the World Cup holders and Southgate wants his team to stand up and fight for their country.
He said: ‘There will be moments when France put us under pressure and we have to brave when that happens. Being streetwise is something we have tried to work on with the players. But we have to accept that we are not going to stop them creating a chance or having a spell in the game.
Gareth Southgate says his players will have to be 'streetwise' when playing France on Saturday
‘You have got to recognise states and stages of games. Against a team of this level you can’t go out and play and not have any preparation for what they are doing.’
Southgate added: ‘We are playing well, we have got a lot of strengths ourselves and we want to make sure we keep accentuating those strengths to the players, because they should go into the game in confident mood.
‘The biggest thing for me is going to be our mentality. We will of course be tactically prepared. But on these nights you have got to have men that stand up and take on the challenge. That’s what we have got to prove to people. We have had some outstanding nights and
