SO, WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE THREE LIONS?

ENGLAND have just two matches scheduled between now and the Qatar World Cup, both in the Nations League:

SEPTEMBER 23: ITALY (a) SEPTEMBER 26: GERMANY (h) WORLD CUP FIXTURES:

November 21: IRAN

November 25: USA

November 29: WALES

AFTER Costa Rica’s play-off defeat of New Zealand last night, the 32 teams in the finals are confirmed: GROUP A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Holland. B: ENGLAND, Iran, USA, WALES. C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland. D: France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia.

E: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan.

F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia.

G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon. H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea.