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Southgate: My players believe they'll win Euros after two near misses

- JOHN CROSS

GARETH SOUTHGATE insists his England players have shown a huge shift in mentality - and now believe they WILL win the Euros.

England can clinch their spot in Germany next summer if they beat Ukraine tomorrow night and other results go their way next Tuesday.

But gaffer Southgate says the whole squad have gone from thinking they are contenders to believing their name is on the trophy.

The Three Lions boss, who has led England to a World Cup semi final and Euros final, has been drumming that message into his players and said: "The whole group are determined on that. We were finalists last time, and we felt in the World Cup we played very well, lost to one of the best two teams in the world.