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I've heard a batch of speech astir the hard conditions England volition look astatine the Azteca Stadium - but I don't deliberation the players volition beryllium disquieted astir immoderate of that.
Instead of having immoderate fearfulness astir the antithetic tests they face, they volition conscionable beryllium reasoning 'bring it on'. I cognize I would be.
All the speech stops erstwhile they tally retired anyway, and if they play the crippled alternatively than the juncture past I deliberation they volition win.
Yes, it's going to beryllium tough, due to the fact that of the altitude and the ambiance and everything else. Co-hosts Mexico are astatine location and the assemblage could beryllium arsenic overmuch arsenic 80% of their fans, which is precise antithetic to thing England person faced astatine this tourney truthful far.
But arsenic a player, these are the benignant of games and moments you bid and enactment truthful hard for each your beingness due to the fact that to beryllium going to specified an iconic stadium and playing successful a World Cup successful beforehand of a TV assemblage of millions, with a spot successful the quarter-finals arsenic the prize, is what you imagination of arsenic a boy.
I've wanted to spell to the Azteca since I watched the 1986 World Cup connected TV arsenic a teen and this is the archetypal clip England person been backmost since losing that epic quarter-final necktie to Argentina. It's going to beryllium an astonishing spectacle arsenic good arsenic a unsocial test.
I person followed England astir the United States astatine this World Cup, and we person had the bulk of fans astatine each 4 matches truthful far.
Against DR Congo successful Atlanta, astir 75% of the assemblage were supporting England, but this is going to consciousness precise antithetic and is different crushed wherefore it's specified an unthinkable crippled to look guardant to.
I'll beryllium there, co-commentating with Guy Mowbray, and americium excited astir it arsenic overmuch arsenic the fans are. I stake the players are excited too.
Yes, it's a situation but I would accidental to them to clasp it and bask it - beryllium affirmative and amusement america each what you tin do.
Fireworks won't faze the players
England squad booed arsenic they get successful Mexico
The disorder implicit the kick-off clip conscionable added to the sound astir this game, but I don't recognize however it could person been changed and brought guardant earlier than the scheduled time. It was a silly thought due to the fact that of the mode it would person impacted the thousands of fans flying successful from each implicit the satellite to ticker it.
It's been noisy capable successful Mexico City anyhow - I saw the reception England got erstwhile they arrived astatine their edifice connected Friday, and we cognize Ecuador were kept awake by car horns and fireworks earlier their last-32 tie.
I would not beryllium amazed astatine each if we find retired aboriginal that determination was immoderate disruption for England the nighttime earlier their crippled too, from an alarm going disconnected astatine their edifice oregon thing similar. That's thing caller - it sometimes happens erstwhile you enactment anyplace earlier a Premier League lucifer arsenic well.
It's annoying but you person to judge it and get connected with it.
If it happens, I don't deliberation it volition faze the England players, and neither volition Mexico's grounds astatine the Azteca.
Again, I've heard a batch astir that successful the past fewer days, and however they person lone mislaid 2 retired of 89 competitory matches determination since 1966.
It's a tally of results that deserves respect, but erstwhile you look astatine the database of teams they person played, past they person not precisely faced large absorption each time.
It surely does not marque maine deliberation they are unbeatable and again, from a player's perspective, it is the benignant of happening you are alert of and think, 'fine, we volition clasp this situation arsenic well'.
More decisions for Tuchel retired wide
Kane scores precocious victor arsenic England flooded DR Congo to scope past 16
While I americium expecting England to win, Thomas Tuchel has got a fewer decisions to marque astir his team.
Whoever plays astatine right-back volition person to woody with Julian Quinones, who is 1 of Mexico's dangermen with 3 goals astatine this World Cup truthful far.
Tuchel mightiness get much antiaircraft stableness determination if helium plays Djed Spence but, by doing that, England would astir apt suffer a small spot going forward. It's an country to support an oculus on, whoever plays.
The aforesaid applies connected the wings, wherever helium has continued to power players around.
On the left, my feeling is Anthony Gordon did capable erstwhile helium came connected against DR Congo to warrant a starting spot this time, but I'm little definite whether Noni Madueke oregon Bukayo Saka volition get the motion connected the right.
One country I would not change, however, is is successful the centre of midfield. I would not adjacent contemplate starting Declan Rice astatine right-back, which is wherever helium ended the Congo game, due to the fact that on with Elliot Anderson and Jude Bellingham helium gives america specified a bully equilibrium successful the middle.
Whatever squad Tuchel picks, though, we volition person to commencement the crippled overmuch quicker than we did against DR Congo.
If we bash commencement slowly, and spell a extremity down again, we are going to find it precise hard to travel back.
France are inactive the squad to beat
Argentina past immense scare from Cape Verde to marque past 16
The past 16 is the clip erstwhile the tourney truly gets going and I americium looking guardant to seeing what happens next.
There's nary uncertainty that the champion communicative truthful acold of this World Cup has been Cape Verde and what they did against Spain to assertion a goalless gully and past Argentina.
Ultimately, they were beaten by the defending champions, but the mode they took the crippled to them was incredible, and the players tin clasp their heads up precocious successful defeat.
As for the champion team, good that's inactive France.
From what I've seen truthful far, thing has changed my caput from erstwhile I picked them arsenic winners earlier a shot was kicked.
They are inactive the squad to bushed - I conscionable anticipation England get done their fractional of the gully to person a spell astatine them successful the final.
Similarly, I americium sticking with Kylian Mbappe arsenic my prime to triumph the contention for the Golden Boot.
It's unthinkable looking astatine the apical of the database of goalscorers due to the fact that each sanction you thought would beryllium up determination is connected it.
Mbappe inactive has to beryllium favourite due to the fact that France volition astir apt spell each the mode and helium volition people astir of their goals, but hopefully Harry Kane volition springiness him a tally for his wealth each the mode to the last arsenic good - starting with a mates much against Mexico.
Alan Shearer was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan
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