تحدث البلجيكي يانيك فيريرا، المدير الفني للفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك، عن طموحاته بعد تولي تدريب القلعة البيضاء.

وقال فيريرا عبر قناة “الزمالك”: “أشكركم جزيل الشكر، فالأمور تسير بشكل جيد للغاية، ونحن نحاول أن نطوّر من أنفسنا كل يوم، كل فرد داخل الفريق يبذل قصارى جهده، ونحن نتحسّن لكي نكون أفضل”.

وواصل: “الأمور في المباراة الثانية كانت أفضل من الأولى، وهذا يعني أننا نسير على الطريق الصحيح، أنا سعيد بالطريقة التي تسير بها الأمور حاليًا”.

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واستطرد: “الأمر يشبه ما يحدث في كل فريق؛ فهناك لاعبون يرحلون وآخرون ينضمون، لدينا طريقة لعب واضحة لا نتخلى عنها، ومن ينضم إلى الفريق عليه أن ينسجم مع المنظومة، فلدينا قيم لا نتنازل عنها”.

وأكمل: “نحن في قلب مرحلة تغيير كبيرة داخل الزمالك، سواء على أرض الملعب أو خارجه، هناك تحوّل ضخم داخل النادي، والجميع يسيرون في اتجاه واحد، ويملكون نفس الرغبة والطموح، إذا كنا نريد تحقيق شيء هذا الموسم، فعلينا أن نستمر على هذا النهج”.

واختتم: “ما يريده جمهور الزمالك نحن نريده أيضًا، ونعمل على ذلك من أجل تحقيق تلك الأهداف”.

Lionel Messi has handed out some crucial advice to Lamine Yamal as the Barcelona wonderkid prepares to take over his iconic No. 10 shirt at Camp Nou.

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Messi has written a special letter to Yamal as part of a new advertising campaign by adidas for their F50 boots. The Inter Miami star is shown being grilled about his brilliant career with questions including: "Do you deny repeatedly embarrassing defenders across the world for the last 21 years?" Messi replies to every single one with the simple answer: "F50 made me do it."

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Messi is then seen writing a letter to Yamal and passing on the sage advice "blame it on the boots!". Yamal has emerged as Barcelona's latest superstar after following in Messi's footsteps and progressing from the club's famed La Masia academy and into the first team. He is also set to take over Messi's iconic No. 10 shirt at Camp Nou in time for the start of the 2025-26 season following the departure of previous owner Ansu Fati on loan to Monaco.

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Barcelona are expected to confirm Yamal as the club's new No. 10 when he turns 18 on July 13.

A hip niggle could keep Stokes out but captain Jos Buttler has his “fingers crossed” for Thursday

Matt Roller04-Oct-2023Ben Stokes has emerged as an injury doubt for the opening match of the World Cup between England and New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Stokes, the Player of the Match in the 2019 final between the same teams, came out of ODI retirement in August despite a long-standing knee injury and is not expected to bowl a ball at the World Cup, having made himself available only as a specialist batter.But he did not feature in England’s warm-up game against Bangladesh in Guwahati on Monday due to a left hip complaint. Ahead of their final training session before Thursday’s curtain-raiser against New Zealand, England’s captain Jos Buttler said that they would not “take big risks” with players’ fitness early in the tournament.”He’s got a slight niggle with his hip,” Buttler said when asked about Stokes’ non-involvement against Bangladesh. “But fingers crossed that it’ll be good news for us. We’ll see. He’s working hard with the physios, and we’ll know more when the guys arrive for training today.Related

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“We’ll make the right call. If he’s not fit to play, he’s not fit to play. If he is, we can make that decision. It’s not the time to take big risks on someone at the start of the tournament. Nearer the end, maybe you do take more of a risk with people’s injuries, but it’s going to be a long tournament.”Stokes scored 182 against New Zealand at The Oval in mid-September in just his third innings on his return to ODI cricket. He was rested for the final game of that series at Lord’s, and was not due to play in either of England’s warm-up games in Guwahati; the first, against India, was washed out after they had named a 13-man side at the toss.England were due to select their playing XI for the opening match after training at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Wednesday night. “We’ll see how the guys pull up here at training today – and post-training – and then we can make our decisions,” Buttler said.But Stokes was a peripheral figure, wandering around the outfield while his team-mates kicked a football around. He trained in the gym, but did not bat in the nets during England’s session under floodlights.If Stokes is not deemed fit enough to feature on Thursday, he is likely to be replaced at No. 4 by Harry Brook, who batted in that position in the warm-up against Bangladesh, and is the designated spare batter in England’s squad. Brook has only played six ODIs – and has scored just 123 runs – but England are confident he can convert his Test and T20 success into the 50-over format.”We all know what a fantastic player he is,” Buttler said of Brook. “He’s at the start of an international career that’s been outstanding in T20 cricket and the Test format. He’s not played loads of ODI cricket, but it’s a format that should suit him perfectly.”It’ll allow him to bat for a long time and make big runs, and that’s something he enjoys doing. He’s got all the shots, and we know from Test cricket that he can play big innings. It’s a format that should suit him really well.”

England’s players are desperate to win a second consecutive World Cup – so desperate that they have reverted to playing risk-averse cricket during their first three matches. That is the view of their coach Matthew Mott, who also hopes that his players will gain “perspective” from the arrival of their families in Mumbai this week.The white-ball revolution that resulted from an early exit from the 2015 World Cup saw England embrace a positive, attacking style with the bat. It has eluded them in the first three games of the 2023 edition, with the majority of their batters dismissed while playing defensive or rotating shots in Sunday’s defeat to Afghanistan in Delhi.”I thought the boys were really up for it, but we didn’t really fire a shot from the start,” Mott said on Tuesday, the day after England travelled south-west. “The facts were, we were just a bit off in every aspect of the game. It’s not panic stations yet, but it’s nowhere near the start that we were hoping for and the time is now to really turn that around.Related

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“The overwhelming emotion I could sense [in the dressing room] was disappointment. The heads were down, as you’d expect. We tried to give the players a bit of perspective: we’ve come back from spots like that before, other teams have come back from spots like that before. You’re never going to go through this World Cup winning every game.”It’s put us under a lot more pressure than we’d like. But there’s still a lot of clarity about us having to play our game and getting back on the road with that. Once we start putting that together, you build momentum and then hopefully you peak at the right time.”ODIs have been a distant third in England’s priorities since they won the World Cup in 2019, behind Tests and T20Is, and Mott admitted that some of his players are “really struggling for that rhythm of 50-over cricket” as a result. But he insisted that the format is not “unloved” – and that his team might even care too much.”Players love playing World Cups,” Mott said. “Make no mistake: this is massive for every player in our group. If anything, we’ve probably just tried a bit too hard, because it’s such a big lure for all these guys. It’s what they play the game for in white-ball cricket; the one-day World Cup doesn’t come around that often. It’s very special.”Matthew Mott and Jos Buttler have had tough questions to answer•Getty Images

Brendon McCullum, Mott’s Test counterpart, is in Mumbai on personal business this week and the pair spoke in the lobby of the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel on Tuesday. “I said, ‘do you want to do a little swap?'” Mott joked, before adding: “I’ve got one of the greatest jobs going around, so you have to take the rough with the smooth.”England will not train until Thursday and several players’ partners and children arrived in Mumbai on Monday. “When you have a loss like the other night, the first thing people want to do is get straight back into training,” Mott said. “But sometimes, that’s the worst thing you can do.”You can have your rough days and your bad days, but [being at a World Cup] is a great time. There are families coming in at the moment. Players will get a little bit of perspective. You get a lot of perspective travelling around here as well: we’re incredibly fortunate to do what we do. The odd bad day, you’ve got to cop on the chin.”Mott also clarified that England will not make sweeping selection changes before they play South Africa on Saturday. “We’ll always make to look subtle changes, but I can guarantee you now there won’t be any wholesale changes with the team,” he said. “I’m not going to throw the baby out with the bathwater after a couple of bad performances.”He also pushed back against criticism of Chris Woakes, who has combined figures of 2 for 135 from 18 overs at this tournament. “I’m not sure you quite understand how tough it is, particularly bowling in the Powerplay,” he said, when asked if Woakes’ performances rendered him unselectable. “You’re going to have bad games.”There is always pressure in international cricket. There’s nowhere to hide. If you have a bad performance, everybody knows about it. But the key for us is he’s in a great headspace, he puts himself up for selection and he can come back really well. If that happens, we’re doing our job – but he’s also a great problem-solver himself.”

The allrounder notched up career-bests with both bat and ball as Australia suffered a third straight 100-plus run loss

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Marco Jansen blasted 47 off 23 balls and took his first ODI five-wicket haul to notch up career bests with both bat and ball on a Super Sunday for South Africa. They completed a come-from-behind win in the ODI series against Australia minutes after the Springboks notched up a second Rugby World Cup victory to mark the start of the summer season with success.After starting the series with two losses and down 2-0 in the five-game series, South Africa surged back to win the next three ODIs and take a morale-boosting series win to the World Cup. Their victories were all built on strong performances from the batting line-up, which provided the attack with sufficient runs to defend. The same formula worked at a packed Wanderers, where South Africa accumulated well on a tricky pitch and then Jansen used the short ball to get rid of Australia’s entire top five.Jansen’s perfect day began when he got to the crease after Aiden Markram and David Miller’s 109-run fifth-wicket partnership, which laid the foundation for South Africa to finish strongly. Although Markram and Miller found it difficult to get the fluency going despite what their half-centuries suggest, Jansen showed his intent straightaway when he flicked Tim David off his pads for four. He scored 18 runs off the first 13 balls he faced and looked the most comfortable of the South African batters at the crease before he mis-hit Cameron Green to long-on. David dropped what should have been a simple catch and Jansen made the most of his let off.He went on to hit Sean Abbott over extra cover for four and top-edged him over deep square for six. When Australia opted to bring David back in the 46th over, Jansen’s eyes lit up and he took 15 runs off the first four balls. By then, he had been joined by Andile Phehlukwayo, who drove Green through Inglis’ hands at deep cover, and underlined South Africa’s aggressive approach at the end.Jansen toe-ended Green to Abbott to fall short of a first half-century in the format but Phehlukwayo took over. He slashed Abbott over long-off for six and Michael Neser for back-to-back-to-back big hits on the leg side and finished with four through the covers. South Africa scored 34 runs in the last two overs to take their total over 300.Aiden Markram and David Miller put on 109 off 107 balls•AFP/Getty Images

Australia made a good start to the chase and scored 34 after three overs before Jansen was introduced. His second ball was back of a length on the fifth stump and moved back into David Warner, who was cramped for room as he tried to cut it away. He hit the ball to Markram at point, who took a good, low catch to give Jansen his first. Four balls later, he banged one in short which had Josh Inglis in all sorts of trouble. The batter stayed back for the pull but could get a chop back onto his stumps.Jansen and Lungi Ngidi worked well in tandem to put Australia under pressure and only Marsh was able to get them away. When Jansen overstepped and then overpitched, Marsh punished him but the bowler soon adjusted. He pulled the length back and Marsh tried to launch him over mid-wicket but skied it instead. Gerald Coetzee got under the ball but seemed to lose it in the sun to give Marsh a let off on 35. He went on double that score plus one and eventually fell to Jansen in his second spell. Marsh tried to upper cut a short ball but was caught well by a running Ngidi at deep third.In his next over, Jansen had Marnus Labuschagne caught at long leg off a top edge before Alex Carey gloved down the leg side where Quinton de Kock, in his final ODI at home, put in a full-length dive to give Jansen his first five-for.Just as it seemed no other bowler would get in on the action, Keshav Maharaj bowled David and took a good return catch off his own bowling to dismiss Green. Batting collapses have been a familiar problem for Australia in this series and this time they lost 8 for 69 and only had three partnerships that were worth more than 12 runs.Keshav Maharaj finished with career-best ODI figures of 4 for 33•AFP/Getty Images

By contrast, South Africa had seven stands over 20. Although Temba Bavuma was run out for a duck, there were contributions from most of the line-up, despite the tricky conditions and a much better Australian bowling performance than two days ago.The visiting attack focused on good lengths and tight lines. Neser, Abbott, Nathan Ellis and Green conceded at under six runs an over, but it was Adam Zampa who enjoyed the sweetest of redemptions. After equalling the most expensive bowling figures in ODIs – 0 for 113 – at Centurion, he returned to take 3 for 71 in this match, including the big wicket of Heinrich Klaasen, who contributed just 6.There were other finishers on hand, though, and Phehlukwayo’s 19-ball 38 not out and 1 for 44 could prove particularly important as South Africa finalise their World Cup squad. He isn’t in it at the moment but with Sisanda Magala battling a knee injury, could merit a call-up.

Assam’s dream run ended on Saturday, as did the campaign led by young Dhull for Delhi

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Punjab and Baroda will face off in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy final after beating Delhi and Assam in their respective semi-finals in Mohali. Punjab made a big chase look simple before Baroda’s provided an all-round display.This will be the fifth final for both Baroda and Punjab, the most for any team in the tournament. In fact, the two teams had met in the 2011-12 final, when Baroda beat Punjab for the first of their two titles. Punjab have not won the competition in either of their four previous finals. The title clash will be in Mohali on Monday.Abhishek, Mandeep steer PunjabAyush Badoni’s 57-ball 80 went in vain as Abhishek Sharma and Mandeep Singh hammered rapid half-centuries in the chase to send Punjab into the final.Coming in to bat in the fourth over after Sidharth Kaul sent opener Priyansh Arya and Yash Dhull back, Badoni stayed unbeaten till the end, holding together Delhi’s innings in Mohali as others around him fell without offering much support after Anuj Rawat’s early burst.Rawat, who hit a fine half-century in the quarter-final, was largely responsible for Delhi’s early impetus. He hit five fours and a six as he raced to 34 off 22.But after left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar accounted for Rawat, it was up to Badoni to shepherd Delhi to a fighting total and he did that with aplomb. The 23-year-old hit seven fours and four sixes as Delhi racked up 94 runs in the last ten overs.Right-arm quick Mayank Yadav struck twice in the third over of the chase and Punjab lost Anmolpreet Singh as well at the end of the powerplay, but stayed abreast with the required rate as they piled on 55 runs in the first six.Abhishek and Mandeep then added 102 off 58 deliveries to put Punjab in the driving seat. Abhishek fell to Suyash Sharma for 77 off 45, but Mandeep saw Punjab through along with Nehal Wadhera, with eight balls to spare.Suyash took two wickets, to finish his campaign with 18 wickets from seven games. He is only behind Ravi Teja (19) in the wicket charts. Abhishek, meanwhile, moved up to second in the run charts.Baroda end Assam and Parag’s dream runIt has been an excellent season for Assam and their captain Riyan Parag. Parag hit seven consecutive half-centuries, the first time in the competition’s history, and Assam reached the semi-finals for the first time ever.But that was the end of the road for them as Baroda stormed past them to reach their second final in the last four years.Assam started well after being put in to bat. Openers Denish Das and Rishav Das took them to 46 before the former was out for 32 in the last over of the powerplay to Atit Sheth. Assam’s quarter-final hero Sumit Ghadigaonkar failed to make an impact and Parag was also out cheaply to leave Assam in trouble.Rishav tried to rebuild but Assam slid further from 99 for 3 to 111 for 6 and were eventually bowled out for 143. Abhimanyusingh Rajput was the pick of the Baroda bowlers, taking four wickets, while Sheth struck twice.If Assam had any hopes of pulling off an unlikely win in a low-scoring thriller, Baroda’s openers foiled them with an 81-run stand off 47 balls. Even though Baroda then lost three wickets for 19 runs, including openers Ninad Rathva and Jyotsnil Singh, they were in too comfortable a position for Assam to mount a prospective comeback.

أعلن نجم فريق توتنهام، سون هيونج مين، أنه سيرحل عن صفوف النادي الإنجليزي خلال موسم الانتقالات الصيفي الحالي، حيث صرّح بذلك بشكل رسمي وعلني منذ قليل.

وانتشرت تكهنات حول مستقبل الكوري الجنوبي مع توتنهام في الفترة الأخيرة، حيث ارتبط بخطوة الرحيل عن النادي اللندني والانتقال إلى الدوري الأمريكي وتحديدًا نادي لوس أنجلوس.

ومن المفترض أن ينتهي العقد الحالي لـ سون مع توتنهام في صيف 2026، ولكنه قرر الرحيل هذا الصيف بعد التوصل إلى اتفاق مع ناديه.

وقال سون في مؤتمر صحفي منذ قليل خلال جولتهم التحضيرية في سيول: “هناك شئ ما أود مشاركته معكم، لقد قررت مغادرة النادي هذا الصيف، النادي يساعدني في ذلك القرار بكل احترام”.

وأضاف في تصريحاته التي نشرتها شبكة “فوتبول لندن” الإنجليزية: “ذلك أصعب قرار في مسيرتي، والسبب الرئيسي لاتخاذي إياه هو أنني حققت كل ما في وسعي مع توتنهام”.

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وواصل: “أحتاج إلى بيئة جديدة من أجل خوض تحدي جديد، جئت إلى شمال لندن وأنا طفل (قبل عشر سنوات)، جئت شابًا إلى لندن لا يجيد الإنجليزية، أترك هذا النادي رجلاً”.

وشدد: “شكرًا جزيلًا لجميع جماهير توتنهام الذين منحوني كل هذا الحب”.

 واسترسل: “تحدثت إلى بعض اللاعبين، ممن قضيت معهم وقتًا طويلًا، كانوا يشعرون بخيبة أمل، ولكن باحترام، من الواضح أنهم يحترمون قراري، بن ديفيز الأقرب لي، تحدثنا كثيرًا عن المستقبل”.

واعترف: “من الصعب جدًا إخبار زملائي في الفريق، لأنني أقضي معهم وقتًا أطول من عائلتي تقريبًا، لأننا نقضي خمس أو ست ساعات يوميًا معًا، كانوا يشعرون بخيبة أمل، لكنهم كانوا سعداء من أجلي أيضًا”.

وما إذا بدا حزينًا في تلك الجولة، رد: “اتخذت قراري بمغادرة النادي منذ فترة، كانت الأيام الأخيرة صعبة، كان من الصعب أن أظهر مبتسمًا، لكنني بذلت قصارى جهدي لعدم الإضرار بالنادي أو زملائي”.

الجدير بالذكر أن توتنهام سيواجه نيوكاسل يونايتد وديًا ظهر يوم الأحد على ملعب “سيول” في إطار الاستعدادات للموسم الجديد.

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Diego Marques, Daniel Oliveira, Marcos Vinicius e Phillipi Costão são os responsáveis pela criação do Catimba Scores, um dos games mais jogados no Brasil e no mundo.

-Após a criação do Catimba, diversas outras plataformas foram criadas, pois viram que é uma paixão entre os brasileiros e que existe a necessidade em mostrar que os fanáticos entendem de futebol – comentou Diego, um dos fundadores.

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O Catimba tem ganhado muita visibilidade através de campeonatos esportivos. No último levantamento, já foram contados cerca de 10.300 times ativos no fantasy game.

“Ficamos felizes e agradecemos em ver o resultado que a equipe Catimba entregou até aqui. Agradecemos também a todos os amigos e clientes que nos acompanham desde o início do projeto”, vibrou Daniel.

Former Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson paid his respects to ex-teammate Diogo Jota in an emotional return to Anfield after the forward's passing.

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  Reported by Sky Sports, ex-Liverpool star Henderson was seen at Anfield processing the tragic loss of his former teammate. Surrounded by flags, flowers and other tributes left by fans, Henderson was seen looking visibly emotional as he paid his respects.

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  Henderson was Liverpool's captain when Jota arrived at the club in 2020 and the 35-year-old likely played a key role in the Portuguese forward's integration into the club. The pair struck up a close friendship, regularly playing pranks on former team-mate James Milner, as current Ajax player Henderson recalled in a heartfelt tribute to Jota posted on social media on Thursday.

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  Henderson said in his tribute on Instagram: "I really can't believe what has happened today and all I can think about is Diogo and Andre's family. It's unimaginable the pain you all must be suffering. All of our prayers, love and support are with you now and forever.

  "Jots it was a pleasure to share a pitch with you but more importantly a friendship. All the laughs we had off the pitch and trying to find ways to wind milly up and get him fined, which we never could. Taking pictures of me asleep on the bus travelling then sending them to me later. You always wanted to have a laugh and were a pleasure to be around. I know how much Rute and your family meant to you and I know you will always be looking down on them. Thank you for everything you brought into this world, we will all miss you.

  "Rest in peace along with your brother Andre. Love you mate. YNWA."

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  Tributes to Jota and brother Andre Silva will continue as fans, teammates and opponents come to terms with the untimely loss of two young men aged just 28 and 25. Fans will continue to pay their respects at Anfield just as Henderson has, displaying how much Jota meant to all those associated with LFC and beyond.

Jos Buttler said that England’s performance at the World Cup has been “a huge disappointment” and “a shock to everyone” within their set-up, after an eight-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka in Bengaluru left them on the brink of elimination with four group games remaining.Buttler captained England to the T20 World Cup in Australia last year and arrived in India quietly confident that his side could win a second consecutive 50-over World Cup to back up their 2019 triumph on home soil. But four defeats in their first five games – all four by substantial margins – have left them needing “a few miracles” to qualify for the semi-finals, in Buttler’s words.”It’s not a lack of talent,” Buttler said. “[We have] a lot of experienced guys who are fantastic cricketers. So absolutely, it’s a huge frustration. This tournament’s gone nowhere near the way we wanted to; it’s been a huge disappointment. If there was one golden egg that we were missing, then you’d hope to see that. But there is no secret, I don’t think.Related

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• Are defending champions England out of the World Cup?

“We’re a really good team [who have] done a lot of really good things in the recent past in white-ball cricket, 50-over cricket. We got on the plane with high hopes and a lot of confidence and belief that we can challenge for the title. To be sat here now with the three weeks that have been is a shock – it’s a shock to everyone.”I’ll walk back in the dressing room after this [press conference] and look at the players sat there, and think: ‘How have we found ourselves in this position with the talent and the skill that’s in the room?’ But it is the position we’re in; it’s the reality of what’s happened over the last three weeks and that’s a huge low point.”ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Buttler has managed 95 runs in five innings in this tournament with only one score above 20. “There’s no-one else who can score your own runs or take your own wickets, and that comes from the start – from the captain at the front,” he said. “I’ve been a long way short of my best. As a leader, you want to lead through your own performance and I’ve not been able to do that.”On his performance as captain, Buttler said: “You’re always questioning, as captain, how you can get the best out of players; how you can get the team moving in the right direction. I certainly have a lot of confidence and belief in myself as a leader and as a captain, and first and foremost, as a player.” Asked if he considered himself the right man to lead England in the future, he said: “Yes.”England’s preparation for this World Cup has been markedly different to four years ago: they played 88 ODIs between the 2015 and 2019 World Cups compared to just 42 in the 2019-23 cycle, and have rarely been at full strength in bilateral series. But Buttler insisted: “I don’t think there’s any blame elsewhere apart from ourselves.”He said: “The schedules are the schedules, and we’ve got a lot of things in our favour: we’ve got fantastic support from the coaches within the environment; we get fantastic support from our fans as a country, and we’ve let them all down. It’s been a really tough few weeks, incredibly disappointing – a shock to perform the way we have with the team that we do have.”And Buttler pushed back again the idea that England had been complacent heading into the World Cup, referring back to a comment he made on the eve of the tournament which has proved prescient – though not in the way he intended. “In any sport, you can’t protect anything or rely on the past; you have to go and create something new every time,” he said.”We know that as players, we touch on experience and things – having banked stuff before – but something we spoke about a lot as a team [was] that you have to go and create it again. You can’t rest of your laurels or try and protect something; try and protect an image, or protect something as a team.”That’s why at the very beginning of the tournament, I said we weren’t here to try and defend our title; we’re here to start something new and try and win something. Obviously, we’re falling a long way short of that at the minute, but as players we certainly didn’t take anything for granted or just think it would be alright on the night. You don’t get to this level by thinking like that.”