The English midfielder Calvin Phillips not denying his frustration at not being a starter in a England that tomorrow he will fight France for playing his second World Cup semifinals and defending his coach’s work, Gareth Southgatewhich he considers “undervalued”.
“I think how good a manager he is is underestimated. In the last three years I’ve been with England I’ve seen the job he’s done and it’s unbelievable,” said the Manchester City player.
The midfielder acknowledged that the results of the last months before the World Cup were not the best, but he did not attribute this to the work of Southgate, who praised his projection and the way in which he “raised the team to win games and become one of the best in the world.”
“People underestimate him. He has a lot of tough decisions to make and is working with good players on the bench,” he said.
Phillips He admitted he lives with the disappointment of not having as many minutes as last Euro Cup, being relegated to the bench by Declan Rice, but he accepted it with sportsmanship and ensured there was healthy competition with the West Ham footballer for whom, he . he said, his friendship is good.
ricewho missed training the day before due to illness, but is back in training and looks like he’ll be available Southgate for the match against France this Saturday.
The man from City has ensured that injuries will soon rule him out of the World Cup, but the hard work has paid off and he now wants to put his grain of sand in the team.
The player is given this puzzle: Between his partner in England Jude Bellinghamhis City partner Erling Haaland and the French Kylian Mbappé, who will be placed in the “eleven”, who will be on the bench and who will sell.
“I will put Jude in the starting team. I love Erling, but I think he will start on the bench, because in any case he will come out later and score a triple. And I will sell Mbappé, because he is the one who will give me the most money,” he joked.
Phillips also referred to Raheem Sterling’s reintegration into the national team, after traveling to his country due to the robbery his home suffered with his family inside.
“It will be a great support, Raheem is an incredible player. We are delighted that he is with us,” he said.
Source: La Verdad
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