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Russia 2018: England won't win World Cup but draw gives us chance to improve - Alan Shearer

England won't win World Cup but draw gives us chance to improve
England manager Gareth Southgate will be quietly pleased with our draw for next summer's World Cup but let's not get carried away - we have been here plenty of times before.
We talk about good draws and bad draws before every major finals, yet nothing ever materialises for England and history tells us that things can go horribly wrong.
So, although we are in a decent group, I am not going to start plotting our way through to the latter stages just yet.
We have not won a knock-out match at a tournament since we beat Ecuador in the last-16 of the 2006 World Cup, which is part of the reason expectations are so low from the fans right now.
I know there are no big-hitters waiting for us in the last-16 this time, which is another positive - we would play Poland, Colombia, Senegal or Japan if we get through - but I think we have to be realistic and realise where we are at as a team.
Yes, we have a great record when it comes to qualifying - we have not lost any of our last 39 matches, going back to 2009 - but since the 2010 World Cup, our record at finals has been poor.
That's why we should concentrate on getting out of our group first before we worry too much about who we could face in the next round, because doing that has been difficult enough in the past.
We see their stars like Kevin de Bruyne, Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku showing off their brilliant skills in the Premier League every week, and that is going to be an extremely tough match.
It is one I am really looking forward to, though, and it might be a game that brings the best out of England.

Historically, I think we have always put our better performances in against the best teams, and facing Belgium will focus the minds of all the players, whatever has happened beforehand.

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