‘Amazing honour to lead your country’published at 18:55 15 June
England v Serbia (Sun, 20:00 BST)
England
Gareth Southgate on managing England at another major tournament:
“Hugely excited – to lead your country into a major tournament is an amazing honour, a great privilege. It’s just as exciting as it was ahead of Russia, if not more so.”
On coping with the pressure of being one of the favourites:
“You’ve seen Germany play the way they did last night, Spain today. There are a lot of good teams in this tournament. We have to be exceptional to progress through the group and the opportunity to go further.
“Our focus is to qualify from the group. When you’re trying to achieve exceptional things you have to break it down into chunks. First priority is to get through the group and work from there.”