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England's Control, Beating Messi’s Argentina & The Real ‘Dark Horses’: The Big World Cup Preview Pt. 2

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England's Uncertainty at the World Cup?

England are one of the best sides at the tournament without the ball. England haven't really struggled against teams that they've been expected to be. I think there's also some weird kind of historic vibes from this group in the sense that everyone remembers the US in 2010 when England played badly in Drew. And Iran just feels like one of those games where England's kind of labour in tournament, that's kind of Algeria in 2010 or Tunisia a couple of times. It just doesn't feel like a group that England are going to play sparkling football in. But yeah, maybe we are being a little bit too negative. They're actually a really good team in terms of the attacking quality and in

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