Daily Mirror

Lions will go for kill

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FROM BACK PAGE but we’re a team with a hunger to keep improving. We’re playing with a lot of confidence, which is very important. “We’re delighted to be in the next round, but we want to win the group. “I think, first and foremost, the supporters here have been brilliant. Our support in the ground has been outstandin­g. They’ve been good ambassador­s for the country. “It’s been a difficult process, a lot of fears which hopefully have been proved unfounded about what people would experience here. We’ve been really warmly received.” The group runners-up have what appears an easier passage through the knockout rounds. England are top having had one fewer yellow card than Belgium and Southgate joked: “If I go and head-butt Roberto in the last five minutes you’ll know we’re taking a different approach to getting through. He added: “We want to win. I go back to the fact we’re trying to develop a winning mentality. “I can’t imagine a situation where I talk to the players about anything else. It wouldn’t be authentic for what we’ve been trying to build for the last two years.”

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