World Cup 2018: Marcus Rashford admits England want to make up for their Euro 2016 failure in Russia

The Manchester United striker was part of the side that suffered the embarrassing exit two years ago at the hands of Iceland

Monday 04 June 2018 07:29 BST
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England hope to make up for their Euro 2016 failure at the World Cup in Russia
England hope to make up for their Euro 2016 failure at the World Cup in Russia (Getty)

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England have extra motivation at this year’s World Cup as they look to eradicate the “nasty feeling” of a dismal exit from the 2016 European Championship in France, striker Marcus Rashford has said.

England’s underwhelming campaign at their last major tournament saw them fall 2-1 to surprise package Iceland in the round of 16 and Manchester United forward Rashford says the team are eager to redeem themselves in Russia.

“The feeling of losing is a nasty feeling,” Rashford told reporters ahead of the 14 June - 15 July tournament.

“When you speak about (it), people don’t understand. So definitely we’ll take all the things that happened at that tournament into the next one because that is one of the important things to spur us.

“The main thing is to go into a tournament with confidence in ourselves. The easiest way to get that is through performances but we know each individual is working hard in training so we are going to be confident.”

Rashford come on as a second-half substitute in England’s 2-1 friendly victory over Nigeria on Saturday with manager Gareth Southgate’s side set to conclude their World Cup preparations with a friendly against Costa Rica on Thursday.

England kick off their World Cup campaign against Tunisia on 18 June. Panama and Belgium are the other teams in Group G.

Reuters

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