Soccer Football - World Cup - England Training - England Training Camp, Saint Petersburg, Russia - June 15, 2018 England manager Gareth Southgate during training REUTERS/Lee Smith
REPINO, Russia (Reuters) - England manager Gareth Southgate has done his utmost to lower the expectations on his young team at the World Cup but they enter their opening Group G game against Tunisia in a mood of quiet confidence.
After the humiliation of a second round exit at the hands of Iceland in Euro 2016 and their failure to get out of the group stage in Brazil four years ago, England fans were in no mood for rabble rousing talk of winning the tournament.
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