England have found renewed consistency in their limited overs form to claim the top spot in the ODI rankings and Morgan believes a flexible line-up would prepare them for different scenarios.
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Roberto Martinez left most of his first-choice players on the bench on Thursday against England, but still came away with a 1-0 victory to uphold their 100 per cent record in Group G.
Though beaten by Belgium on Thursday, England will play Colombia in Moscow on Tuesday and have seen odds on their trophy hopes cut after solid performances and a less daunting draw.
The Three Lions will head to Moscow to take on Colombia next Tuesday in a round-of-16 World Cup clash that offers England the chance to win a first knockout match since 2006.
The Manchester City midfielder has been given permission by manager Gareth Southgate to temporarily leave the Three Lions’ World Cup camp to be with his wife.
Gareth Southgate replaced John Stones with Harry Maguire at the break over the Manchester City defender’s troublesome calf injury
Neither side can qualify from the group after both losing to Belgium and England, who meet in Kaliningrad to decide who finishes top
Both sides are on six points and have already qualified for the last 16, which has resulted in debate about whether it would be better to finish first or second in the group
“We believe in miracles… you sixy things,” The Sun declared, paying homage to a Hot Chocolate hit from the 1970s, on its front page.
In scoring three times, Harry Kane became the first player to bag a brace or more in his first two World Cup appearances since Poland’s Grzegorz Lato, who went on to win the Golden Boot in 1974.
Panama, who are ranked 55th in the FIFA world rankings, lost their opening game 3-0 to Belgium, but Gareth Southgate is not taking the clash lightly
The Tottenham midfielder missed the group training session as England’s medical team closely monitor the thigh strain he suffered in the win over Tunisia on Monday.
England and Tunisia players could be seen swatting away bugs during their opening World Cup game in the southern Russian city on Monday.
Sterling, who started England’s opening World Cup win over Tunisia in Group G on Monday, has received negative media coverage over his allegedly “lavish” spending habits.
England were knocked out of the first round of bidding for this year’s World Cup with just one vote in 2010, but have reportedly been encouraged by recent conversations with FIFA officials about hosting the tournament in 12 years’ time.
“I think that England or Ireland deserve to organise the World Cup,” Blatter, in Russia to attend the World Cup as a guest of President Vladimir Putin, told Sky Sports.
Hassen was forced off early in Volgograd and will not recover in time to continue in the tournament.
The Tottenham star sustained the problem during the first half of the win in Volgograd but played on until the 80th minute, when he was eventually replaced by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Players from both teams could be seen trying to wave the swarming bugs — all of which are said to be harmless — away during warm-ups for their Group G opener, with England players using insect repellent to help keep them away.
Kane had sent England into an 11th-minute lead, but Ferjani Sassi levelled the scores from the penalty spot 10 minutes before the break, and it appeared that the points would be shared in Volgograd