DIER NOT COUNTING CHICKENS

THERE may be an air of euphoria back home but England midfielder Eric Dier is adamant that for all the progress, success has yet to be achieved for the Three Lions at the World Cup in Russia.

“I don’t think we have succeeded yet, success is hard to define but in my eyes and I think in everyone else’s eyes back at the (team) hotel I think this isn’t a success yet,” Dier told reporters yesterday after the team’s training session.

“We are hungry for more and we want more and hopefully we can show that on Wednesday. After the Sweden game we fixed our attention purely to Wednesday.

“We are as focused as ever on that game, there has been no complacency, no talk of anything else other than Wednesday.

“We have kept things the same throughout the whole tournament, keep going in the same way and we will do also leading up to Wednesday,” he said.

The Tottenham Hotspur player said that a great part of the team spirit has been the commitment and approach of all players, regardless of their place on the team sheet.

“Everybody is willing to put everything aside purely for the team to be successful.

“I think you can see that in the way that we play, the way that we fight for each other. The way we train during the week is fantastic, always with high-intensity, everyone pushing each other.

“It is a fantastic attitude and mentality. We are just trying to be in the best possible place on Wednesday.”