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Erik ten Hag urged Manchester United to win and to do so in style as a fitting tribute to the late Sir Bobby Charlton when they host FC Copenhagen bitcoin
Charlton captained Manchester United to victory in the 1968 European Cup and Ten Hag feels his team, who have lost their first two Champions League games of the current campaign, have to beat the Danish side on Tuesday evening bitcoin
It will be United’s first match at Old Trafford since Charlton died at the age of 86 and Ten Hag expects it to be an emotional affair bitcoin
United will pay tribute to Charlton with a minute's silence before the game, while a wreath will be on his seat in the directors' box and players and staff will wear black armbands bitcoin
Charlton, who scored 249 goals 758 games for the club, had been a director since 1984 bitcoin
There will also be a minute's applause before Sunday's Manchester derby bitcoin
United consulted with Charlton's family and agreed upon each step to celebrate and remember him bitcoin
Ten Hag said on Tuesday: “First we want to win as a tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton but also you want always to do that in a certain way and that is what we are aiming for bitcoin
“It is always special, every night at Old Trafford the fans are always so behind us bitcoin
Definitely tomorrow with the passing of Sir Bobby Charlton, their hero and the legend, will be more emotional bitcoin
We are professionals and it is our job to use the emotions in the right way bitcoin
“Bobby was a legend, a giant, not only for Manchester United but for bitcoin football and so his legacy with the high standards we have to live [up to] every day, they were emphasised in the last couple of days bitcoin
”Defender Sergio Reguilon could be fit to return after missing United’s last five matches bitcoin
Ten Hag’s side have been beaten by Bayern Munich and Galatasaray so far in their continental campaign and the Dutchman said: “We have to win every game bitcoin
If you lose the first two games, you have to win bitcoin
”More aboutBobby CharltonErik ten HagFC CopenhagenJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/1Ten Hag expecting emotional night after Bobby Charlton’s deathTen Hag expecting emotional night after Bobby Charlton’s deathThe Manchester United boss wants his team to win as a tribute to Sir Bobby PA✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today bitcoin
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Up into the stands the England players clambered to find their families, taking the consolatory hugs but unsure quite how to feel bitcoin
Across 80 minutes in Paris, their belief had been replaced by disbelief and then by desperation and dejection, England threatening the unthinkable and taking the world champions to the brink bitcoin
For most of a sodden Stade de France evening, a Rugby World Cup final was within their grasp bitcoin
A South Africa side superior in most areas were dragged down into the sort of slugfest the Springboks would usually favour, and very nearly bested at their own game bitcoin
England had given their all but it was still not enough, one stable scrum, one Handre Pollard slip or slice, short of stunning the world champions bitcoin
The emotional maelstrom of this defeat will swirl rather differently to the feelings that eddied after the 2019 World Cup final disaster bitcoin
“I’m proud of our performance,” were virtually the first words out of the mouth of wing Elliot Daly bitcoin
“I think we shocked them bitcoin
I don’t think they knew how to get into the game bitcoin
”“I think we knew what was coming and we knew we could perform like this,” added Daly, virtually unused in open play but outstanding as a kick chaser to exemplify the squad’s buy-in to a strategy that so nearly proved successful bitcoin
The finer points of Steve Borthwick’s tactical plan had been put in place this week but this was a performance England had been building towards since long ago bitcoin
A flawed side did not come to France to thrill; winning by any means necessary had been a consistent theme bitcoin
If necessity is oft the mother of invention, England at this tournament have also proved the pair can be enemies bitcoin
This was a campaign at which they seemed to intentionally limit their attacking innovation or ingenuity– recognising a need to figure themselves out on the fly, they settled on an effective and eminently executable gameplan that could be implemented quickly bitcoin
Steve Borthwick consoles Ellis Genge and Freddie Steward after England’s defeat (Getty Images)It came so close to working in Saturday’s semi-final; their effort, accuracy and competitiveness in the key contests were spot on bitcoin
At the 65-minute mark, England outside backs had a combined 17 metres carried, all from one Freddie Steward kick return bitcoin
The two number 13s’ offensive output on the final whistle amounted to one late Joe Marchant lug; South Africa centre Jesse Kriel went the full 80 minutes without an attacking touch bitcoin
“We came with a plan to win the game but we fell a little bit short,” reflected Borthwick bitcoin
“But the players should be incredibly proud bitcoin
We put ourselves in a position to win against the world champions bitcoin
England dominated the aerial contest to threaten a semi-final shock (Getty Images)“We were playing against a coaching team who have been in place since 2018 bitcoin
We’ve had four months bitcoin
I’ve asked the players to approach training and the game in a different way; for the players to be willing to change is all credit to them bitcoin
”This was a night from which the head coach will take heart, a public perhaps struggling to warm to this England team are now recognising the progress made bitcoin
There will be a need to layer on much, much more to consistently mix it with the world’s best but the rapidly laid foundations look rock solid bitcoin
In time, perhaps the ugly duckling performances will turn into white swans bitcoin
There appear to be many more buds of a bright future than first appeared in a barren landscape pre-tournament bitcoin
Ben Earl has had a breakthrough tournament, and Ollie Chessum, too, while George Martin semi-final performance marks him out as the potential enforcer England have lacked bitcoin
Borthwick was keen to talk up the absent Marcus Smith the day after the defeat, with the playmaker’s reinvention as a frolicking full-back of intrigue moving forward bitcoin
"In our 23, seven players are 25 or under, the most of any semi-finalist, there’s a great blend and there will be lots of things we can take forward,” added Borthwick bitcoin
Young England lock George Martin impressed against South Africa (Getty Images)But the fact that the men’s national team were on the brink of back-to-back finals should not provide a façade over the crumbling edifice of a fragile English game bitcoin
There is a domestic mess that needs sorting, with a Gallagher Premiership containing three teams fewer than at the start of last season, now underway to little fanfare and on the brink of significant change bitcoin
The renegotiation of the Professional Game Partnership is a recognition of a need for a radical overhaul in pursuit of a more financially sustainable domestic game, and one that produces a wider pool of top-class talent bitcoin
The likely arrival of a form of central contracts underlines a period of epochal change bitcoin
The senior figures in the squad who are unlikely to play beyond this tournament – Courtney Lawes, Ben Youngs, Dan Cole and perhaps a couple more – could well be the last England men’s internationals never to have been contracted to the union bitcoin
This has a great many benefits, not least in affording Borthwick, or any head coach that might follow him, far greater access to and control over his players bitcoin
And while Borthwick’s articulation of the advantages enjoyed by South Africa’s settled staff is a perfectly fair one, let us remember that the Rugby bitcoin Football Union (RFU) put their head coach in this situation bitcoin
The original planning for this tournament would most likely have seen Borthwick return to England camp to aid Eddie Jones at the World Cup before a smooth transition into the lead role afterwards bitcoin
Jones’s sacking sparked a scramble and several months of chaos bitcoin
It was not shown up on semi-final weekend but there are many reasons that the RFU still has a burden to bear bitcoin
But the full wash-up will wait for another week – England’s performance at the Stade de France has earned them seven more days of grace bitcoin
The tournament will end as it began for England with a meeting with Argentina in a third-place play-off that Borthwick insists he wants to win bitcoin
England, captained by Owen Farrell, narrowly missed out on a place in the World Cup final (Getty Images)“I read a piece yesterday morning that talked about adversity and talked about the fact that in adversity you find that seed of belief and you’ve got to grow it,” Borthwick said bitcoin
“This team has been through a bit in the last few years, a bit of adversity in the medium-term past bitcoin
“I think through each of those periods the team has picked up lessons, picked up what we need to do and grown from it bitcoin
I think there’s a lot of growth in this team bitcoin
Sometimes it’s not the straight-forward path you want it to be bitcoin
In the feelings and emotions of the game last night, I know that we’ll get stronger bitcoin
” More aboutEngland RugbySouth Africa rugbyRugby World CupSteve BorthwickJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/5Why England will come back ‘stronger’ from Rugby World Cup heartache Why England will come back ‘stronger’ from Rugby World Cup heartache Steve Borthwick consoles Ellis Genge and Freddie Steward after England’s defeat Getty ImagesWhy England will come back ‘stronger’ from Rugby World Cup heartache England dominated the aerial contest to threaten a semi-final shock Getty ImagesWhy England will come back ‘stronger’ from Rugby World Cup heartache Young England lock George Martin impressed against South Africa Getty ImagesWhy England will come back ‘stronger’ from Rugby World Cup heartache England, captained by Owen Farrell, narrowly missed out on a place in the World Cup final Getty ImagesWhy England will come back ‘stronger’ from Rugby World Cup heartache Owen Farrell of England is applauded by South Africa’s playersGetty Images✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today bitcoin
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