England’s campaign starts on Friday against Israel at Chesterfield’s Proact Stadium, with Switzerland and Italy the other Group A sides. They qualified comprehensively in a tough group; they play good football, they’ve got good attacking players and we’ll be showing them maximum respect.”Cooper’s team should line up in his usual 4-3-3. “We have England DNA: we very much want to play out from the back, dominate possession, play with purpose,” he says. Bobby Duncan, England Steven Gerrard’s cousin, expected to join Liverpool this summer after a contract dispute with Manchester City. Rightly we think we can beat anyone we come up against but we’ll have to get it right, that’s for sure.”In a 16-nation tournament, Group B consists of Portugal, Sweden, Slovenia and Norway.

Source: The Guardian May 03, 2018 11:34 UTC