Gareth Southgate says England 'further ahead' than after last qualification campaign

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Gareth Southgate says his England side are 'further ahead' than they were at the corresponding stage of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.

on Sunday rounded off another impressive qualifying campaign for Southgate's squad, who topped Group A after winning seven of their eight fixtures.

While they also finished top of their 2018 World Cup qualification group, England have progressed as an attacking force, more than doubling their goal tally - scoring 37 in eight games, compared to 18 in 10 games."We're definitely further ahead than we were heading into Russia, but we made massive strides in this period when we went into Russia.

"So, we've got to make sure that to get the level of performance next summer, we're going to have to improve in the way that we did over that spell as well." However, if reservations exist, they are based upon how England will fare once they meet opposition of a higher calibre. England lost to the Netherlands in the semi-finals of the Nations League in June, and in Russia, despite reaching the semi-finals of a major tournament for the first time since 1996, they were beaten by Croatia and twice by Belgium.

 

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