'It’s not an easy group, it’s easier group than some others but Iran, Wales and America are really awkward teams to play against.'
Hoddle weighs up chances of England World Cup glory, picks out key playerGlenn Hoddle thinks England have got a “really awkward” World Cup group and reckons they will “have done quite well” if they reach a semi-final.
“It’s about peaking at the right time. What’s gone on with England with the results at the moment is pretty negative, but I don’t see that as a problem. I don’t think that’s going to have an impact at all on this squad that’s going to go out there and start this World Cup. “They’re not going to play an open game of football; they’re going to defend deep and in numbers and it’s up to us to open them up and we’re not at our very best when we’re doing that.
“When we played Scotland [at Euro 2020] or when we played Wales in France [Euro 2016] we only scraped through. They are not nice games, not nice to the eye, they’re not easy to play in. The passion of it and stuff.”
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