Gareth Southgate rebukes media after team-sheet leak gaffe
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Updated 22/06/2018 at 14:41 GMT
England manager Gareth Southgate has rebuked the media after a team-sheet held by his assistant Steve Holland was leaked ahead of the match against Panama.
England manager Gareth Southgate and his assistant Steve Holland
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England take on Panama in the second of their Group G matches on Sunday in Nizhny Novgorod and the mood has turned sour in the camp after the team-sheet leak gaffe.
Southgate took the opportunity in his Friday press conference to condemn the leak by the press and effectively give his side's opponents the opportunity of seeing their line-up in advance.
"Obviously any time, if we were to give the opposition the opportunity of having our team it’s a disadvantage to us," Southgate said.
So of course our media has to decide if they want to help the team or not.
Defender Kyle Walker added in defence of his manager that the leak is not going to help England's chance of success at the World Cup.
"If you guys just try and keep it to yourself and don’t bring it out, because it’s not going to help us," Walker said.
"All the world has seen that team now but you guys have to do your little bits."
Walker added that Holland had said sorry to the England players and staff for carrying the team-sheet on a bit of paper.
"He has apologised to us all - we move on," he said.
England are second in Group G after their 2-1 victory over Tunisia with Belgium top after hammering Panama 3-0 in their first outing.
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