{"id":507532,"date":"2025-10-17T19:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/507532\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T19:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:12:14","slug":"england-are-building-something-really-really-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/507532\/","title":{"rendered":"England are building something &#8216;really really special&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Declan Rice says England are \u201cbuilding something really, really special\u201d after sealing qualification for the 2026 World Cup with a 5-0 win over Latvia.<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/latvia-v-england-fifa-world-cup-2026-qualifier-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"RIGA, LATVIA - OCTOBER 14: Declan Rice of England battles for possession with Renars Varslavans of Latvia during the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier match between Latvia and England at Daugava Stadium on October 14, 2025 in Riga, Latvia. (Photo by Carl Recine\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-345760\" title=\"Declan Rice: England are building something 'really really special' 2\"\/>Photo by Carl Recine\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The win maintained England\u2019s perfect record in Group K, where they have taken maximum points from six matches, scoring 18 goals without conceding. Though the group featured modest opposition in Albania, Serbia, Latvia and Andorra, England have handled their business consistently under <strong>Thomas Tuchel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Rice, who played an hour in Riga, said the team are fully aware of the opportunity ahead. \u201cWe all need to keep pushing it, and keep being as hungry as we can,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressreader.com\/article\/283141434972779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a special chance in the summer. It\u2019s come around so quickly. You don\u2019t get these chances a lot in football. There\u2019s lads who\u2019ve been at tournaments, and there\u2019s some lads who are experiencing it for the first time. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/england-men-training-and-press-conference-1024x667.jpg\" alt=\"ENFIELD, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 13: Djed Spence, Declan Rice and Dane Scarlett of England look on during a training session at Tottenham Hotspur Training Centre on October 13, 2025 in Enfield, England. (Photo by Shaun Botterill\/Getty Images)\" class=\"wp-image-345758\" title=\"Declan Rice: England are building something 'really really special' 3\"\/>Photo by Shaun Botterill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s really, really special. And there\u2019s a lot to look forward to. In the last two camps we\u2019ve really stepped it up, you can see that with the group, with the training, with the way we\u2019re playing on the pitch. Every camp we\u2019ve improved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s progress under Tuchel has been measured, but the results are undeniable and Rice believes the current blend of emerging and established players gives the squad a unique balance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re probably a much younger squad now,\u201d he added. \u201cIn terms of experience, probably not a lot of lads have been at major tournaments, but we\u2019ve been building something really, really special over the last few weeks. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone\u2019s been looking forward to coming into camp. The last few games, it\u2019s been really really good, high energy, running for each other, pressing really well, scoring lots of goals, that\u2019s what people want to see, so it\u2019s been really good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With two qualifiers still to play and expectation clearly building, Rice\u2019s words reflect a squad no longer talking about potential, but about winning. England\u2019s challenge now is to turn all that promise into silverware on American soil.<\/p>\n<p>Related Topics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Declan Rice says England are \u201cbuilding something really, really special\u201d after sealing qualification for the 2026 World Cup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,2920,393,75473,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-507532","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-declan-rice","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-fifa-world-cup-2026","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115391099505594114","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}