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Colombia will be relishing England’s arrogance, warns Woodward

Gareth Southgate's selection policy has also be questioned by a man with experience of leading the country to world glory

Colombia will be using England’s belief that they are in the better half of the World Cup draw as motivation to win Tuesday’s last-16 clash between the nations, according to Clive Woodward.

Woodward may have made his name as the coach who led England to glory in the rugby union World Cup of 2003, but he had a spell in football as Southampton’s technical support director and has earned a reputation for his theories on leadership.

He has warned that England may be getting ahead of themselves with talk of a potential quarter- and semi-final match ups.