World Cup 2018: 4 Reasons Why England Could Go All The Way

Modified Jun 11, 2018 10:21 GMT

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#4 The team is full of goals

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One of England’s problems in recent tournaments has been a distinct lack of goals – they scored just 4 at Euro 2016, and only 2 at the 2014 World Cup, although admittedly they only played three games there. If the 2017/18 season is anything to go by though, that promises to be different in Russia.

In Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Raheem Sterling, England can boast three of the highest goalscorers in the Premier League – the trio delivered a total of 68 league goals between them this season – and the likes of Dele Alli, Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard are no strangers to finding the back of the net, either.

While Sterling hasn’t been on goalscoring form at international level, the same cannot be said for Kane and Vardy. England’s new captain has already scored 13 goals for his country and has found the back of the net in three of the last four England games he’s been involved in. Vardy meanwhile has scored 7 goals for England, most recently netting in March against Italy.

With goalscorers like these in England’s side, they should have a chance at outscoring anyone in the World Cup – which means they might surprise everyone by going far.

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