- Manager wants to see evidence of maturity gained since 2018
- Southgate: ‘We’ve got to nail this type of game now’
Gareth Southgate has urged his players to stand up and be counted when England play their World Cup quarter-final against France on Saturday night.
England, who have never won a knockout game against an elite-level nation at a major tournament away from home, face a huge test of their quality and mental strength when they take on the world champions at the Al Bayt Stadium. There will be no room for fear against France, whose chief threat will come from Kylian Mbappé, and Southgate wants his side to show how how much they have matured since reaching the semi-finals in 2018.
