England players carrying World Cup scar – Sakapublished at 15:01 BST
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England winger Bukayo Saka says the team are still carrying the “scar” of their heartbreaking World Cup semi-final exit to Argentina.
Thomas Tuchel’s team were on the verge of becoming the first England side to reach a men’s World Cup final since 1966, but were stunned by two late Argentina goals as they fell to a 2-1 loss.
“Obviously, there is still a scar on us when you believed and everyone was so united and so confident we could do it,” Saka said.
“Not just us, but the whole country we felt.
“You try to move on as soon as possible, but you know a scar is a scar, it decides to heal when it heals itself.”
“We are trying to draw a line under [the World Cup] now and focus on the new international season that we have coming up,” Saka added.
“We have got four massive, difficult group games to try and qualify us for the Nations League [knockouts] that we are really focused on.”