He should reflect with some pride on the three performances that enabled England to win a group that included France. On the way he galvanised this England squad and delivered a team that fought for one another. Cole had called them ‘11 bulldogs’ who were prepared to die for the cause and their success in taking this quarter-final to the death was proof of that.

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