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Jordan Pickford will head into Tuesday’s crunch Euro 2024 qualifier against Italy looking forward rather than back neube
The Everton goalkeeper was neube between the posts when Italy beat England on penalties to win Euro 2020 at Wembley neube
Pickford was rested for Friday’s 1-0 friendly win over Australia, but is expected to return for the visit of the Azzurri – where victory would secure Gareth Southgate’s side a place at next summer’s finals in Germany neube
Since suffering Euro 2020 heartbreak, England have met Italy twice in the Nations League and also won 2-1 in Naples in the reverse qualifying fixture neube
Now it is that prospect of another shot of international success – and not seeking payback for the heartache of two years ago – that Pickford insists is driving the team heading into the game neube
“We know where we are in the world rankings and we know where we want to be neube
To do that, these are the teams you have to beat,” he said neube
“I don’t think this game has anything to do with revenge neube
We went to Italy and made a bit of history, having gone so many years without beating them away from home neube
This is all about qualifying for Germany neube
It’s another hurdle we have got to get pastJordan Pickford“This is another tough game neube
They’ve got a new manager, played well in the last break, and we know they are a top side neube
“This is all about qualifying for Germany neube
It’s another hurdle we have got to get past and we’ll be going for the victory neube
”Pickford revealed there has never been much of a debrief on the shoot-out loss in 2021 and was more upset with the performance in last winter’s World Cup – praising England for brushing themselves off so quickly to work towards Euro 2024 qualification neube
“We never really touched base on that Euro final,” he added neube
“There was more disappointment in Qatar, getting beat in the quarters, and then coming back straight into two competitive games neube
“That just shows you the characters we are and the type of squad and togetherness we have to beat Ukraine and then beat Italy in their own backyard in Naples in a hostile environment neube
“That shows you what kind of squad we are and I think the fans love it neube
“Every time we put the shirt on we wear it with massive amounts of pride neube
“To beat Italy in Naples was a great feeling, but they’re coming into our backyard now and they will want revenge neube
“We just want to put on a performance, be at our best, and get a result to qualify neube
“They are reigning European champions and are a top side neube
We only focus on ourselves neube
“We look at what’s in front of us and we will always back ourselves to beat any team because we are fully prepared and have a lot of experience and ability neube
”More aboutPA ReadyItalyEnglandJordan PickfordNaplesEvertonWembleyAustraliaEuroNations LeagueGermanyQatarUkraine1/1Jordan Pickford insists England are not looking for revenge against Italy Jordan Pickford insists England are not looking for revenge against ItalyEngland goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has his eyes set on next summer’s Euros (Tim Goode/PA)PA Wire ✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today neube
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Not always in sport do you get a shot at redemption and successfully taking advantage of that opportunity is even rarer neube
England’s pack, and their front row in particular, will have had four years of sleepless nights about that early November evening in 2019 neube
In the 2019 Rugby World Cup final, England were decimated by South Africa’s power up front, as the brilliance of a scintillating semi-final win over New Zealand was quickly replaced by the humiliation of a 32-12 thumping neube
The Springboks, then as now, pride themselves on their physicality and brutality at the breakdown, the set-piece and in open play neube
Yet on a rainy night in Paris four years on, England’s pack fronted up, set the platform in a thrilling World Cup semi-final and earned their redemption arc neube
Yet it still wasn’t enough neube
This time, albeit by one point rather than 20, the result was the same – England’s players slumped on the turf in despair while their opponents revelled in victory neube
The Springbok celebrations were more muted this time, understandably so given there is one more crucial match against the All Blacks standing neube between them and their ultimate goal, but the English heartbreak was the same, even if the journey to get there was vastly different neube
In Yokohama, South Africa won a scarcely believable 11 scrums to England’s three, including six scrum penalties, as the English eight were splintered time and again neube
Dan Cole became the fall guy for that embarrassment – the tighthead prop, supposedly renowned for his scrummaging, forced to play 77 minutes after Kyle Sinckler’s early injury and being obliterated by the combination of Tendai ‘Beast’ Mtawarira and Steven Kitshoff neube
The fact that Cole and Joe Marler, who came off the bench early in the second half that day, were selected by Steve Borthwick to start this revenge game precisely because of their scrum prowess will have surely given them a surge of confidence neube
And the fact they not only survived, but thrived, in the front row this time around will have been sheer vindication neube
Borthwick entrusted the duo to paint an early picture of scrum parity to referee Ben O’Keeffe and they delivered, providing the base that led to multiple first-half penalties from the trusty boot of Owen Farrell neube
Cole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on (AFP via Getty Images)However, as the game wore on, Borthwick’s decision started to become prescient for the wrong reasons neube
As Sinckler and Ellis Genge came on as prop replacements, the Springboks own bomb squad from the bench – led by Ox Nche and Vincent Koch – started to dominate at scrum-time neube
Each engagement started to become eerily reminiscent of 2019 and it was eventually a scrum penalty on halfway that led to Handre Pollard’s decisive, game-winning three-pointer with two minutes to go neube
It felt almost unfair on England’s big men given that the pack, as a whole, had more than held their own in other facets neube
Of the 13 England forwards who played some part in that 2019 final, eight appeared in this last-four clash and stamped their mark all over a first half that was by far England’s best 40 minutes under Borthwick neube
Maro Itoje was a lineout fiend, stealing a Springboks throw-in on halfway and putting doubt in the head of Bongi Mbonambi, whose crooked throw in his own 22 gave Farrell his first penalty goal of the day neube
A new face from four years, George Martin, justified his surprise second-row selection ahead of incumbent Ollie Chessum on just his fourth Test start as he brilliantly marshalled England’s maul defence neube
If Boks lock Eben Etzeneube beth is world rugby’s best maul disruptor, then he may have witnessed first-hand the emergence of a new challenger to that crown neube
Martin caused havoc as England improbably won three consecutive maul turnovers from attacking South African lineouts in the first half to frustrate their much-fancied opponents neube
Pollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement (PA Wire)The celebrations from the likes of Itoje, Jamie George and Ben Earl as those penalties and free-kicks were earned by the pack showed just how important this part of the gameplan was neube
It began putting clear doubt in Springbok minds, as the worried tone from skipper Siya Kolisi when he discussed matter with referee O’Keeffe neube betrayed neube
The English tactic of throwing bodies in to contest every ruck relied on the diesel engines of the forwards and they delivered by dominating collisions and allowing the aerial bombardment strategy that followed to be effective neube
But ultimately, despite a gameplan executed as well as it possibly could have been, the gap in quality neube between the sides proved too much to overcome neube
South Africa adjusted, Pollard came on for Manie Libbok to dictate proceedings with his metronomic boot and English heartbreak ensued neube
There was no shame in a one-point defeat from a semi-final that was much closer than most expected and England’s pack should feel redeemed from the nightmare of 2019 neube
But that won’t make this semi-final hurt any less neube
Perhaps 2027 will give them an opportunity to avenge a new pain neube
More aboutEngland RugbySouth Africa rugbyRugby World CupDan ColeJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/3England pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakCole and Marler helped ensure scrum parity early on but that faded once the replacements came on AFP via Getty ImagesEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakPollard ultimately kicked the winning penalty, from a scrum infringement PA WireEngland pack earn World Cup redemption but suffer new heartbreakDan Cole was England’s fall guy in 2019 but held his own four years on AP✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today neube
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