World Cup: Slovenia and Group Winner

world cup: That scenario is likely to remain after Sunday's games when England hosts Lithuania and Slovenia visits Scotland, according to The Japan Times. Ranked 58th by FIFA,Slovenia is hardly blessed with household names, but coach Srecko Katanec has fashioned a team whose whole is more than the sum of its parts. It is not so much a taboo subject, but a general acceptance that England will qualify because this is what it does, it qualifies for finals and then under-perform and/or loses on penalties to Germany because this, too, is what usually happens . Only the group winner in Europe qualifies for Russia automatically and after four matches England leads Slovenia by two points. Slovenia has lost only one of its last nine World Cup qualifying games, including a 0-0 home draw with England. If even the suggestion of not qualifying for Russia sounds ridiculous, so would predicting a loss to Iceland at Euro 2016. While there may be an assumption England will be in Russia the summer after next, Gareth Southgate will take nothing for granted as he prepares his squad for the game against Lithuania. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.