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Welcome to Krakow! England squad walk among huge crowds to attend reception
Posted Friday, June 08, 2012 by Dailymail

Welcome to Krakow! England squad walk among huge crowds to attend reception
The leaders: England manager Roy Hodgson and captain Steven Gerrard head for their first training session

England start against France in Donetsk on Monday, then have further group games against Sweden and Ukraine.

Hart said at England's press conference: 'We're all hungry guys. We're all successful at football,
and that's what we want, we want success.

'We don't want to go there thinking people won't mind if we lose, we can go home, we can go on holiday and no-one will care.

'We have high expectations otherwise there's no point us being here. We've come to win, we've come to do well, we've come to represent our country, and we want to make people proud.'

Manager Roy Hodgson is desperate for his players to take 'confidence and self-belief' into the tournament.

Sections of the media and many fans have been downbeat about England's chances heading into the tournament and, while Hodgson admits that could ultimately be a positive thing, he wants his players to trust themselves.

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    2008SpainGermanyRussia / Turkey
    2004GreecePortugalNetherlands / Czech Republic
    2000FranceItalyNetherlands / Portugal
    1996GermanyCzech RepublicFrance / England
    1992DenmarkGermanyNetherlands / Sweden
    1988NetherlandsSoviet UnionItaly / West Germany
    1984FranceSpainDenmark / Portugal
    1980West GermanyBelgiumCzechoslovakia
    1976CzechoslovakiaWest GermanyNetherlands
    1972West GermanySoviet UnionBelgium
    1968ItalyYugoslaviaEngland
    1964SpainSoviet UnionHungary
    1960Soviet UnionYugoslaviaCzechoslovakia