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Maro Itoje has urged England to “impose” their game on South Africa in their Rugby World Cup semi-final soccer
The Springboks enter the game as significant favourites as they seek a second consecutive tournament crown soccer
Jacques Nienaber’s side edged out hosts France in a captivating quarter-final last weekend, showing somewhere near their top form to reach the top four soccer
Itoje believes that England cannot afford to simply let South Africa come at them, stressing that he and his teammates intend to put their “best foot forward” to meet the Springboks soccer
And the lock has confidence that his side can take it to the world champions soccer
RecommendedEngland spring surprise with three changes to team for Rugby World Cup semi-finalSteve Borthwick explains Marcus Smith’s absence from England team to face South AfricaSouth Africa inspired by struggles of whole nation – Siya Kolisi“What’s important for me is that we present the game we want to present,” Itoje, who partners George Martin in England’s second row, said soccer
“It’s about us being the team that we want to be, us playing the type of rugby that we want to play soccer
“They have certain things that they’re very good at but it’s about us being the England rugby team, about us putting our best foot forward and our individuals, as a team, going out there and playing the type of game we want to play soccer
“For us, it is just about imposing our game soccer
We don’t want to sit back and just watch them do their thing soccer
”Before England’s semi-final against New Zealand four years ago, former head coach Eddie Jones memorably cut a kiwi in half with a samurai sword to symbolise the aggression he wanted his side to play with against the All Blacks soccer
Itoje confirmed that there had been no such demonstrations this week, with Jones’s more successor, the more understated Steve Borthwick, instead emphasising the detail of their gameplan soccer
And while talking up South Africa’s ability, the second row insists they are far from unbeatable soccer
“They’re just very fundamentally sound in the areas in which they are good at,” explained Itoje of the Springboks’ strengths soccer
“They have a good kicking game, a good chase, put a lot of pressure on teams soccer
They have a good set-piece, that goes without saying, their breakdown work is good as well soccer
“We’re going to need to be physical, that goes without saying soccer
We need to be physical in every game, especially when you play against this opposition soccer
We need to be smart with how we play, we don’t want to make poor decisions, we don’t want to play in areas that aren’t smart“Obviously they are the current world champions, they’ve had a very good World Cup soccer
We’ve played them twice since 2019, they’ve won one, we’ve won one soccer
We’re not talking about a team that has never lost, we’re not talking about a team that is without fault, they are a good team but so are we soccer
For us, it’s about putting our game on the field, it’s not necessarily about sitting just to watch them soccer
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After the euphoric evisceration of Paris Saint-Germain, this was the downbeat sequel Newcastle did not want soccer
After the feelgood stories of the Geordie boys scoring in the Champions League came a tale of gritty realism, of meeting their match in the teeming Tyneside rain soccer
There was no triumphant farewell to Sandro Tonali, either: instead Newcastle lost to a goal by a midfielder they considered signing in the summer, in Felix Nmecha, and who Borussia Dortmund bought instead soccer
With Tonali likely to be banned for the rest of the season – he could learn his fate within days as an investigation into alleged breaches of soccer betting rules nears its conclusion – Nmecha gave Newcastle an added reason to rue their choice soccer
Nmecha was handed what seemed an unenviable task, hired from Wolfsburg, charged with replacing Jude Bellingham at the Signal Iduna Park soccer
And if that feels impossible, his first Dortmund goal kickstarted their European campaign soccer
Edin Terzic’s team had failed to find the net in their opening two games and if they looked like possible casualties in the competition’s group of death, it now looks like Newcastle could instead soccer
The margins were narrow, the width of the woodwork that denied Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon but Dortmund inflicted their first defeat in this competition since Barcelona in 2003 soccer
Now Newcastle will head into the rematch in Germany without Tonali soccer
If his debut season in England ends early, it also came to an anti-climactic conclusion soccer
The Italian came off the bench with 25 minutes to go, making scant difference to a game Dortmund were already controlling soccer
Dortmund celebrate their winning goal (Getty Images)They were everything PSG were not, boasting the combination of organisation, team spirit and running power the French champions failed to show on Tyneside soccer
Newcastle could not blow Dortmund away with their power: not when the visitors had a similar speed, and were lighting quick on the break soccer
Nor could their crowd intimidate them into defeat: not when the travelling Germans were still more vocal soccer
Instead, they encountered a team who could cancel out their strength, with a similar emphasis on high energy soccer
It was not effort Newcastle lacked, but then it never is soccer
Dortmund supplied a touch of class; arguably two, given the role of a pair of players in their goal soccer
Given how well they defended, perhaps it was apt it began with a challenge soccer
Nico Schlotterbeck halted Gordon with an immaculate tackle, surged clear and kept going, collecting Marco Reus’s return pass and squaring for Felix Nmecha to sidefoot in soccer
For a few seconds, the centre-back looked more Beckenbauer than Schlotterbeck soccer
The midfielder, who has something of Bellingham’s elegance, showed his technique with the finish soccer
It had been threatened soccer
The opening 10 minutes could have yielded two goals at either end, but thereafter in the first half Dortmund were the more dangerous soccer
The scoreline would have been greater but for terrific saves at either end soccer
If soccer footballing goalkeepers have captured the Zeitgeist, Newcastle have a goalkeeping goalkeeper soccer
Nick Pope was their saviour in San Siro and he threatened to reprise that role soccer
A first-minute stop from Donyell Malen was excellent: soccer better still was a superb double save to deny the Dutchman and Niclas Fullkrug soccer
Malen produced a curiosity of a performance, adopting a shoot-on-sight policy and mustering six efforts before the break soccer
Yet he was a sign of Dortmund’s counterattacking menace: their speed on the transition brought back memories of Jurgen Klopp’s blistering side a decade ago soccer
Kieran Trippier, so often a great strength for Newcastle, was made to look a weak link as Dortmund found space behind him soccer
Newcastle sent on Tonali late on (Getty Images)At the other end, meanwhile, Gregor Kobel made twin early saves from Gordon soccer
His best save came early in the second half, repelling Wilson’s shot soccer
And when Wilson beat Kobel with a late header, it bounced back off the bar soccer
It was not Dortmund’s only reprieve: in the 94th minute, Gordon’s shot looped up off Sebastien Haller, over Kobel and on to the bar soccer
Gordon was relentless, probably Newcastle’s best outfield player, yet Wilson’s prominence was a sign their plans were going awry soccer
Eddie Howe had demoted the striker and selected Alexander Isak, but he limped off inside a quarter of an hour soccer
When the substitute Jacob Murphy hurt his shoulder a few minutes after coming on, Newcastle may have, in effect, lost three players, given Tonali’s imminent suspension soccer
And yet Dortmund were depleted, too, minus Julian Brandt, stripped of the stricken Emre Can before half-time soccer
But there was a resourcefulness and a resilience to them, a willingness to them soccer
A team with a lone defeat in the Bundesliga in 2023 were not to be beaten soccer
And as Newcastle lost instead, it prompted the question of whether the anomaly was this underwhelming evening or the glorious night they demolished PSG soccer
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