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28th June 2018
09:59pm BST

"Yeah, of course. We feel that that this was a game that we wanted to win but the knockout game is the biggest game for us for decades. We had to make sure that our key players were preserved."
And while one can't deny that England continued looking for an opening after Januzaj's wonder-goal, Southgate didn't display much urgency in chasing an equaliser.
He will now hope to re-motivate his players for the Colombia challenge, after which a winnable match on paper would be waiting for them.
It might be coming home. It might not. But, one thing's for certain, Southgate is being branded a tactical genius for what he did on Thursday night in Kaliningrad.
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