Rashford’s injury problems and penalty miss in the Euro 2020 final marked the lowest ebb of his career – this World Cup can signal the revival 🟢 GARSIDEK
. He speaks with conviction about the spread of high end performers in the squad, about his regard for the manager and is balanced in his view of the USA result and the reaction to it.
As a veteran of the Iceland defeat at Euro 2016 Rashford is well placed to put the USA draw into perspective. “If you look at that performance when we got knocked out of the Euros, it is a million miles off where we are now. You cannot really compare the two situations. And for me, you cannot compare the feeling around the camp,” he said.
“He always wants us to go and play confident football and show people what we can do. it definitely showed, scoring six goals. I have seen comments saying, ‘it’s Iran.’ But they are the top 20 in the world and it seems the smaller nations have had massive upsets in the tournament. So going there and scoring the goals and winning the game is a big sign of what we are about. We want to win games, we want to score goals, we want to play attacking football.
“Yeah, great feeling. When you’re on the bench you want to get involved in the game as quickly as possible. Probably for any player but especially a forward the best way to do that is by scoring a goal. The fact that the opportunity came so quickly was beautiful,” he said.presents an opportunity for those that did not start. Peak Rashford has served Southgate well in the past. His pace and returning confidence could be the key to next level England. And he is ready when you are, Gareth.
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