Safe hands: Goalkeepers Joe Hart and Rob Green leave the hotel

When asked whether low expectations helped or hindered the squad, Hodgson told BBC's Football Focus: 'It's only a good thing.

'Football players are under enormous pressure.

'We, as coaches, put them under enormous pressure - we want a lot from them - because we can only succeed when they succeed.

'The nation puts them under pressure.

'I would expect the players to have confidence and self-belief and if they haven't, I'll be saying to them: "Why haven't you got self-belief? If I was as good as you, I'd be very, very confident".'

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