LIVE: Coach pays emotional tribute to late daughter

Spain manager Luis Enrique says it was a "special day" aft his team's 1-1 gully with Germany astatine the World Cup.

But it had thing to bash with soccer.

Enrique said Sunday would person been the 13th day of his daughter, Xana Martínez, who died 3 years agone of a uncommon signifier of bony cancer.

"It was a peculiar time for maine and my family," Enrique said.

"Obviously we don't person our girl with america physically anymore, but she is inactive contiguous each day. We retrieve her a lot, we laughter and deliberation astir however she would enactment successful each concern that we experience."

Enrique had earlier posted a video connected Instagram successful which helium said that "not lone we play against Germany today, but Xanita would person turned 13".

He wished her "a bully day" wherever she was close now.

"This is however beingness works," helium said aft the match.

"It's not lone astir beauteous things and uncovering happiness; it's astir knowing however to negociate these moments."

The 52-year-old Enrique, a erstwhile Barcelona subordinate and coach, is participating successful his archetypal World Cup arsenic Spain's manager.

He near the nationalist squad aft uncovering retired astir his daughter's cancer, returning immoderate clip later.

Spain volition beforehand to the circular of 16 astatine the World Cup successful Qatar if it avoids decision against Japan successful its last group-stage lucifer connected Thursday.

For Marcus Rashford, the jeers from England’s fans weren’t necessary. He already knew the 0-0 gully with the United States wasn't bully enough.

Certainly not for a squad with genuine ambitions of winning the World Cup for the archetypal clip since its 1 and lone tourney occurrence successful 1966. And not for 1 coming disconnected the precocious of beating Iran 6-2 successful its opening crippled successful Qatar.

“It’s not a bully feeling, but you don’t request fans to boo america to cognize we’ve not played arsenic good arsenic we could have,” Rashford said.

“It was a feeling that was communal successful that we could person done better. And it’s not conscionable the players that started — it’s the afloat group.”

England manager Gareth Southgate described the players arsenic dejected successful the contiguous aftermath of the USA clash, which was possibly arsenic overmuch of an overreaction arsenic that of the assemblage wrong the Al Bayt Stadium.

England is inactive astatine the apical of Group B and a constituent against Wales volition warrant qualification. Depending connected extremity difference, England could inactive advancement to the knockout signifier adjacent if it loses that match.

So immoderate position is required.

“When you’re winning, you’re the champion squad successful the world, and erstwhile you’re losing, you’re the worst," Rashford said.

“I consciousness similar if we play good successful the adjacent game, past that USA 1 volition beryllium forgotten astir and it’s up to america arsenic players and unit to determination connected arsenic a collective. The champion mode to bash that is by winning the adjacent game.”

Of course, the absorption to a goalless gully against the United States was thing similar the hatred Rashford was subjected to aft England mislaid connected penalties to Italy successful past year’s European Championship final.

Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho were subjected to racist maltreatment connected societal media aft missing spot kicks successful the shootout.

“It’s not bully to spell done it arsenic an individual, but it’s not bully to spot anybody spell done it,” Rashford said.

“It’s much than conscionable disappointment. You’re disappointed astatine the information that radical person views similar that. The main crushed is due to the fact that you don’t person those views astir anybody else, careless of their contention oregon religion. It’s much the disappointment that radical are reasoning those things, ne'er caput saying them.”

Rashford has travel done that acquisition and regained his spot successful the England squad aft being dropped by Southgate.

And if helium had to measurement up to instrumentality different punishment astatine this World Cup?

“As an individual, I’ve ever been comfy and I bask being successful large moments,” Rashford said.

“I’m hoping that we get to instrumentality different punishment successful the tournament. I’m looking guardant to it.”

Neymar is moving “24 hours a day” to effort to retrieve from his ankle wounded and play again astatine the World Cup, Brazil teammate Marquinhos has revealed.

Neymar damaged ligaments successful his close ankle successful the team’s 2-0 opening triumph implicit Serbia and volition miss the lucifer against Switzerland.

He remained hopeful of recovering but squad doctors inactive haven’t fixed a timetable connected his instrumentality — oregon said if helium volition instrumentality astatine all.

“He is sleeping successful physiotherapy, 24 hours a day,” Marquinhos said.

“That shows however overmuch helium wants to beryllium backmost with us. We don’t cognize erstwhile it’s going to happen, but we anticipation we volition person him with america again arsenic soon arsenic imaginable and successful bully wellness mentally and physically.”

Brazil manager Tite said Neymar was successful physiotherapy until 5 oregon six successful the greeting aft the lucifer against Serbia.

Neymar had antecedently said connected Instagram that helium was “sure” helium would “have a accidental to return".

He posted photos of his ankle inactive looking precise swollen.

Marquinhos said Neymar had been feeling down aft the wounded but was getting much upbeat.

“I spot him precise good and assured astir returning,” the defender said up of the lucifer against Switzerland.

“He is precise focused connected coming back.”

Tite remained optimistic astir the instrumentality of some Neymar and Danilo, who sprained his ankle against Serbia.

“I’m not a doctor, I’m not an expert,” Tite said.

“But I inactive judge that Neymar and Danilo volition play successful the World Cup. I deliberation we volition inactive beryllium capable to usage them.”

Tite has plentifulness of options to capable successful for Neymar but admitted it would beryllium hard to regenerate the endowment of a subordinate similar him.

“These large talents tin amusement up 2 oregon 3 times and marque the difference,” Tite said.

“And that’s what Neymar tin bash for us.”

The manager did not accidental who would regenerate Neymar oregon Danilo successful the starting line-up on.

The options to regenerate Danilo are Dani Alves oregon Éder Militão.

The 30-year-old Neymar is 2nd connected Brazil’s scoring database with 75 goals, 2 down Pelé’s grounds with the nationalist team, but helium has yet to triumph a large rubric with Brazil.

Neymar had to permission the 2014 World Cup successful Brazil aft hurting his backmost successful the quarter-finals against Colombia. He besides missed the 2019 Copa América due to the fact that of a close ankle injury.

Brazil, seeking its archetypal World Cup rubric successful 2 decades, volition look Cameroon successful its past Group G match. The squad tin scope the circular of 16 with a triumph if Cameroon doesn’t decision Serbia successful the different radical match.