Gareth Southgate has challenged his players to keep putting more effort as they seek to secure a place in the last 16 of the World Cup with victory over the United States.
The Three Lions defeated Iran in their first World cup game in Qatar with a huge goal difference in the game.
Southgate, who is pleased with his team performance has urge his players to keep putting effort to make them more competitive in the World stage.
England captain Harry Kane has shaken off an ankle problem to be fit for Friday’s clash at the Al Bayt Stadium.
Victory would ensure qualification for the knockout stage and would seal progression as winners of Group B should Iran and Wales draw earlier on Friday.
Southgate is looking to go one better than at last summer’s Euros, where England lost the final on penalties to Italy, which followed three years on from reaching the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
“We feel that we can be competitive for years to come and that has to be the aim really, to have a sustained challenge in the latter stages on the big competitions, we haven’t done that for years and years,” Southgate said.
“These players are putting our country on the map really. They are regaining our respectability on the world stage and we have got to keep doing that.”
