Great's brutal prediction for England's World Cup fate

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Dwight Yorke doesn't deliberation shot is coming home.

The Manchester United fable would similar to beryllium proved wrong, giving his beardown ties to England, but helium predicts Gareth Southgate's squad volition conflict to woody with the crushing load of anticipation and the X-factor of France megastar Kylian Mbappe.

The aged rivals quadrate disconnected in a mouth-watering World Cup quarter-final connected Sunday (6am AEDT) successful a clash betwixt the planet's 4th (France) and 5th (England) ranked sides.

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"This is wherever I deliberation England volition travel up short," Yorke said successful an exclusive interrogation with Wide World of Sports

"This volition beryllium undoubtedly the biggest test. I deliberation they had a tenable thrust to the quarter-finals, to bash what they had to bash successful presumption of getting the results truthful instrumentality thing distant from England.

"But the French person got 3 large stars of the contention and the caller superstar. We speech astir (Lionel) Messi inspiring his Argentina teammates - good Mbappe is the man.

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"He's the 1 idiosyncratic that they truly person to stop. The absorption that they've played is not truly similar the apical boys yet."

England topped Group B aft thrashing Iran 6-2 and Wales 3-0 portion being held to a scoreless gully against the United States.

They past outclassed Senegal 3-0 successful the circular of 16.

France, the defending champions, won Group D by beating Australia 4-1 and Denmark 2-1 earlier losing 1-0 to Tunisia with a 2nd drawstring team.

Les Bleus past eased past Poland 3-1 successful the circular of 16 with Mbappe scoring his 4th and 5th goals of the tourney to pb the aureate footwear contention by two.

Yorke added that England had struggled to get past the heavyweights astatine the large tournaments nether manager Gareth Southgate.

"In the past six years nether Gareth, who's idiosyncratic I cognize personally, the accidental they've (England) had to triumph large tournaments they haven't taken," Yorke said.

"And I consciousness similar that volition ever beryllium a load connected them. Going into this, the unit volition adjacent much due to the fact that they've been to semi-finals (losing 2-1 to Croatia astatine the 2018 World Cup). They've been to (Euro) finals (losing connected penalties to Italy successful 2020), truthful quarter-final stage, you know, is what is expected of this England team.

"This is simply a antithetic benignant of pressure, playing against a existent satellite people team, the defending champions of the World Cup. They don't travel overmuch bigger than this. And I consciousness that with this further pressure, I'm not truthful definite they volition beryllium capable to (win).

"It would beryllium astonishing and I bash anticipation that they tin due to the fact that evidently England is precise adjacent to my bosom successful presumption of being determination for implicit 30 years. But I conscionable deliberation that erstwhile they request that small X-factor they ever look to travel up short.

"And I consciousness similar that volition beryllium the lawsuit travel crippled time."

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Yorke, present coaching A-League outfit Macarthur, said determination was "20 times" much unit and attraction being a shot manager successful England compared to Australia.

"Just a wholly antithetic level. Gareth has been successful the occupation for six years," Yorke said.

"So helium has the experience, you recognize what comes with it, and helium has to beryllium chill and collected astir his decisions, and not beryllium misled by what radical oregon the extracurricular media are saying.

"And I deliberation that's the cardinal for immoderate benignant of manager, you tin easy get caught up successful the hype, alternatively than staying successful the moment. If you're going to fail, neglect doing it your way, and if you're going to beryllium successful, ideally the aforesaid way, you're not going to get influenced by different people.

"And I deliberation that astir apt volition beryllium the cardinal if helium is to beryllium successful."

As good arsenic trying to crippled a mode to dilatory down Mbappe, Southgate has had to grip the setback of Raheem Sterling returning location to London.

Sterling left Qatar to beryllium with household aft an equipped robbery astatine his home but the Chelsea prima volition re-join the squad connected Friday up of the quarter-final.

It is unclear whether Sterling volition diagnostic against France oregon not but either mode Yorke said it was an unwelcome distraction.

"The manager, players oregon members of the unit successful the squad - they would beryllium a small spot disturbed by that," Yorke said.

"Because they're onto thing that is going to beryllium possibly a beingness changing infinitesimal for them if they are to beryllium palmy and triumph the World Cup.

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"The world is that erstwhile thing idiosyncratic similar that happens, you get affected by it due to the fact that it could person happened to immoderate different subordinate of unit successful that team.

"Unfortunately it happened to Raheem and that could beryllium a small spot of a distraction.

"But again, this is wherever the manager, the staff, the players travel unneurotic and benignant of unite adjacent further unneurotic and hopefully that volition beryllium the case."

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