England always aim to win even if it means tougher Euros draw – Raheem Sterling echoes

Raheem Sterling says England wants to finish top of their Euro 2020 group to maintain home advantage at Wembley, even if it means a tougher draw in the last-16. 

The English are set for their final Group D encounter with the Czech Republic at the national stadium tomorrow.

A win for England would put them on the top spot of Group D which would keep them at home in the next round but likely set up a daunting clash against one of France, Portugal, or Germany.

But a draw with the Czechs would leave the English as runners-up and potentially hand them a kinder route to the quarter-final against one of the Group E nations that is either Spain, Sweden, Slovakia, or Poland.

But finishing second or third would mean England would not return to Wembley until the semi-final and there is a feeling in the camp that home support could be crucial in the knockouts, as well as a desire to minimize disruptive travel.

"There is always an advantage being on home soil, that's for sure. With the fans roaring and making it a hostile place to come, I do think it can be a good advantage for us.

"We've got four points, I keep stressing we've got four points, we've got one game to go and we're going to need our fans tomorrow to get us across the line.

"We haven't spoken on [permutations]. The objective is to try to win the group
 and that's it." Raheem Sterling said.

The Three Lions got boos from a minority of their own fans after Friday's frustrating 0-0 draw with Scotland at Wembley. 

Raheem believes that the supporters had a right to express their frustration but insisted that there has generally been an overreaction to the stalemate, which followed their 1-0 win over Croatia.

"I feel the fans have an expectation of us with the players we have, and rightly so, but as you can see from different games in the tournament, not just in our group, it is tricky in international football. 

“We have to give credit to Scotland, they came out and fought really hard for that point. We were disappointed not to win, but it is not the end of the world. 

“We have a massive game coming up and it's a game we need to win but I do feel there's more panic on the outside than inside the building." Sterling added.

Raheed Sterling revealed that the English coach Gareth Southgate had showed them some stats on teams that have gone on to do well and where they were after the first two games so is too early for anyone to conclude..