IAN LADYMAN: England are 発展させるing nicely... but there are 証拠不十分s in Gareth Southgate's squad which must be 演説（する）／住所d before Euro 2020

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England 経営者／支配人 Gareth Southgate's 注目する，もくろむs may only be on Kosovo and the final game of Euro 2020 qualifying on Sunday, but for the 残り／休憩（する） of us it is hard not to think about next summer.

At the end of the World Cup in Russia 18 months ago, Southgate's 表明するd 意向 was to build on what he and his players had 達成するd in reaching the last four.

He may have done it with わずかに different players than perhaps he 心配するd, but he has done it all the same.

Few would have thought that only four of the team who started against Croatia that night in Moscow would have been playing on the night England finalised 資格 for their next major tournament.

It would have been five had Raheem 英貨の／純銀の not 衝突／不一致d with Joe Gomez at St George's Park at the start of the week, but it's a valid 観察 にもかかわらず.

Some players have gone backwards ― it feels a long way 支援する to the squad, never mind the team, for Dele Alli and Eric Dier.?

But Southgate's team have 発展させるd organically on the whole over the last year or so, and the 14 players who 与える／捧げるd to the 7-0 取り去る／解体するing of feeble Montenegro on Thursday will start their own jostle for a place when England land in Pristina later on Saturday.

'We've got a 公正に／かなり settled squad but there are 明白に players who've been with us in the last 18 months who are still in our thinking,' said Southgate.?

'We are always learning about the players more in the really big matches and the really high-圧力 games. The team on Thursday was 極端に young and the squad is young and we've got to get the balance 権利 with that.?

'But these, in most 事例／患者s, are our best players, we think. Although next summer is going to come before a lot of them 頂点（に達する）, we can still be hugely 競争の激しい and our challenge is to be able to compete, as we 設立する a way to compete in Russia, with a squad that's very exciting.'

With a 最小限 of two of England 's three group games scheduled for Wembley next summer, it will feel very much like a home tournament. Southgate played in the last such event here, 23 years ago in Euro 96.

'Yes, it's going to be an incredible experience for the players and for our fans,' he 追加するd. 'We want to make Wembley somewhere that teams 恐れる coming to and that's part of the message I gave to the players before Thursday's game.

'So, yes, it will be a very special event to be a part of. And the players deserve it. They've played 極端に 井戸／弁護士席 against 対抗者s we should （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域, in a group we should 勝利，勝つ, for sure, but the 質 of play and the number of goals they've 得点する／非難する／２０d have been impressive.

'You know, I used to look at Germany in 資格 and they were racking up sixes and sevens and we used to be struggling to break 負かす／撃墜する teams who played with a low 封鎖する.