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Sir Trevor Brooking: 'England can beat anyone'

Brooking: 'England can beat anyone'
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Sir Trevor Brooking says that England shouldn't stop surprising people now at Euro 2012 ahead of their last eight meeting with Italy.

FA director of football development Sir Trevor Brooking has insisted that England can beat anyone on their day at Euro 2012.

The Three Lions were widely written off before the tournament began but remain unbeaten and qualified as winners of Group D ahead of France. Roy Hodgson's side will now face Italy in the quarter-finals of the tournament, and Brooking is in an upbeat mood ahead of Sunday's meeting.

He told Sky Sports News: "You might have thought at the start, 'are we going to be strong enough? Can we score the goals? Wayne [Rooney] is going to miss the games' and things like that.

"But now we're in a one-off every time and I think we're capable of beating anybody on our day. I'm sure every country left in will say the same thing.

"We've got to appreciate we have come quite a way in three weeks but we don't want to waste it now."

England face Italy in the last eight of the tournament in Kiev on Sunday.

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Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
4 Scotland flag Scotland30121

Group B

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Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

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Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

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Q Romania Romania31114
Q Belgium Belgium31114
Q Slovakia Slovakia31114
4 Ukraine Ukraine31114

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Turkey Turkey32016
Q Georgia Georgia31114
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic30121


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