While political analysts are nervously waiting on the results of a crucial referendum for the United Kingdom to either leave or remain in the European Union, sports analysts note that there was no “Brexit” from the UEFA Euro 2016 Championship.

After the first round of the Euro 2016, three national teams of the United Kingdom –England, Northern Ireland, and Wales- advanced to the next bracket.

England coach Roy Hodgson asked his players on Thursday to show more “killer instinct” during the Euro 2016 knockout stage match against Iceland next Monday.

In an interview televised by the English FA on Thursday, Hodgson said “We’ll have to make certain that we are aware of that and hope that we can keep the domination that we’ve had in games and the control we’ve had in the games, but maybe be a bit more ruthless and have more of a killer instinct in front of goal.”

“I know the (Iceland) coach Lars Lagerback very well and he always prepares his teams extremely well in that way, so I don’t think we’re going to benefit from lots and lots of space in the game,” Hodgson said.

“I fear it won’t differ enormously from our group games because Iceland aren’t an expansive team,” he acknowledged.

He also stressed that Iceland’s “success has been built on a very solid defensive organization and an incredibly hard work ethic.”

“We know Iceland have played extremely well in their qualifying group games, where they topped their group ahead of Holland, and since they have been here they have had some remarkable successes, so we know it won’t be an easy game,” Hodgson added.

“Our ratio of creating chances and taking chances is not good, that needs to be improved and everyone is aware of that, so it will be nice if we can start with that on Monday evening,” the England coach concluded. EFE

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