Irish Daily Mirror

NO MORE REGRETS

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GARETH SOUTHGATE has told his England players talk is cheap and it is time to deliver.

The England boss (above) is desperate for the Three Lions to end their 12-year wait for a knockout win in a major tournament as they face Colombia in the last 16 of the World Cup tonight.

Southgate said: “We feel that after all our preparatio­ns we are in a good place. Now we have to stop talking and go and deliver.

“Of course, once you get to these games there are really fine margins.

“So there are games that you know as a team, if you want to progress to have success, you have to win these matches.”

England have a glorious opportunit­y to reach the genuine business end of the tournament after big guns Germany, Spain and Argentina were all sent crashing out.

Southgate said: “Life is about opportunit­y presenting itself and taking control of it.”

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