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Roy Hodgson admits he will be biting his nails along with the rest of the nation on Tuesday night as England attempt to book their place at next year’s World Cup.
“I am a worrier. I still feel the tension and focus,” said Hodgson, whose side need to defeat Poland at Wembley to avoid finishing second in Group H and the prospect of a tricky play-off.
“It’s not that you are worried the team is not capable, it’s just that you are worried something untoward might happen.”
MARK HAZELDEN criticises the Western narrative that the incident was an escalation of Russia’s confrontation with the West, given that Belarus, a Russian ally, warned Poland of off-course drones, and the drones were unarmed, cheap wooden decoys
