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Pardew convinced that England is as good as France

According to many football managers throughout England, the Three Lions didn't have claws to prove their full potential because of the manager they had who had a lack of ideas. For English manager Alan Pardew, the English team is just as good as the French team who are currently in the final and have a great chance of winning it this Sunday. This is the main problem the English have, they think they are so great and believe it before they can actually prove it. 

Pardew wrote a column for the Daily Mail: "This French team is dynamic with lots of Premier League-style quality, but with the exception of Antoine Griezmann, who is the stand-out player for them, they aren't better than England. They are the strongest and most balanced team and there is something we can learn from. They have a strong sense of togetherness and technical quality and, of course, they are still in the competition."

To prove his point, the manager further analyzed the problems they had during the tournament: "The likes of Dele Alli and Harry Kane have not become bad players. There seems a nasty stain on this tournament from England's perspective, but this young group are better than how we are viewing them. As Wales have shown, too, there is not a crisis in the academies, as some have suggested. We have more investment, better coaching and improved facilities — English football is not a million miles away. I'm sure of that. Whoever gets that job will have a real chance with this batch."

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