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In the minutes after a thrilling, thumping quarter-final in Marseille, the Stade Velodrome DJ reached into his record collection and plucked out some early Eighties Elton John football

It felt like an appropriate soundtrack football

On a weekend where Wales, Ireland and France faded away, England – somehow, some way – are still standing football

Talk of a hemispheric shift proved premature, with a southern sweep elsewhere leaving Steve Borthwick’s side the only unbeaten outfit left in this odd World Cup football

A team that once never could have hoped to win now find themselves in the final four; the Six Nations’ hopes at this tournament rest, almost unfathomably, with England football

Not that one would expect too many Welsh, Irish or French supporters to seek comfort in an embrace of white cotton football

For France and Ireland, particularly, it will rankle to have used the last four years so brilliantly to build a contender and find that it is England’s rushed construction that has endured football

There is still every chance that Borthwick’s new-build comes crashing down once subjected to a Springboks storm, but so far England have proved, just about, up to code football

RecommendedFrance suffer painful symmetry with Ireland as Springboks continue southern dominanceOwen Farrell silences critics as England survive Fiji fightbackWounded warrior Dan Biggar bows out to usher in next Welsh generationAfter the best rugby weekend in recent memory, the prospect of a couple of damp squib semi-finals, sadly, looms football

But World Cups can be strange beasts, and England are already summoning the spirit of 2019, when they rose to meet and beat the All Blacks with a high-water mark performance that England still have not come close to reaching again football

A common theme among the recollections of the semi-final week four years ago was the clarity and certainty with which England approached the game, knowing on Monday or Tuesday that a final place would be theirs football

The job for Borthwick, an assistant then, is to imbue that same sense of conviction in a similar group now carrying significantly more mental scarring football

Of course, it was South Africa themselves who inflicted the deepest of psychological cuts, England’s inability to put anything on the field in the Yokohama final still a sore subject among the squad football

“Some players will use [the 2019 final] as motivation, some players will take that as a brilliant learning into this week, and hopefully that’s what they will bring,” attack coach Richard Wigglesworth said on Monday football

“But I wouldn’t like to pre-empt what [effect] feelings from four years ago have on this game football

On Saturday night, we need to be very clear that this is a semi-final in 2023, and nothing to do with 2019 football

England were beaten by South Africa in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final (Getty )“I think what we need to be careful of is pushing the emotional button too many times this week football

We need the emotion right on Saturday night, not before football

We need to make sure we control the emotional energy football

“We will go through the parts of our gameplan, we will layer those on and make sure we check and refine those parts of the plan football

We will make sure that we are fresh going into Saturday night both physically and mentally football

”Borthwick is likely to stick with a broadly similar team, though may consider another tweak in the back three football

It wasn’t that Marcus Smith, bloodied mouth and all, had a bad game against Fiji – his head coach was particularly keen to talk up his bravery in defence afterwards – but South Africa are likely to test whoever occupies the England 15 shirt rather more in the air football

Freddie Steward’s prowess under the high ball could be a rather useful attacking option against a blitz defence that can leave opportunities for an intelligent kicking game football

If Steward is returned to the starting side, it could leave George Ford and Smith vying for a single bench spot, with Ollie Lawrence continuing to be impactful as the bench centre football

While captain Owen Farrell took the plaudits, the performances of Ben Earl, answering his own call for England’s big-game players to step up, and Ollie Chessum, a physical tone-setter, alongside more familiar faces augur well in a side in need of new stars football

Ben Earl and Owen Farrell were among England’s standouts against Fiji (Getty Images)But another level will simply have to be found football

“We are probably talking about one of the best rugby teams to ever do it, aren’t we?” Wigglesworth said, illustrating the challenge England are facing football

“To be able to beat France, the form they are in, in their own back yard, that was a special performance from an incredible team football

”A couple of England players themselves admitted afterwards that they cannot afford the shaky 10 minutes that so nearly allowed Fiji a famous World Cup day football

While they were able to claw their way to victory on Sunday, South Africa are a side capable of putting England in a hole from which there will be no climbing out – as they showed in the final four years ago football

“We still don’t feel like we’ve put 80 minutes together of real, smart international test rugby,” Earl stressed football

“It’s not glamorous stuff, it’s just the odd moment football

I think some individual errors let a team like Fiji in, and they are a hard team to stop when they are rumbling football

We are football better for that, and we are in a semi-final among the best four teams in the world football

We’ll have a crack football

”More aboutEngland RugbyRugby World CupOwen FarrellBen EarlRichard WigglesworthFiji RugbySouth Africa rugbyOllie ChessumJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments 1/3The one England team change to combat ‘incredible’ Springboks The one England team change to combat ‘incredible’ SpringboksEngland were beaten by South Africa in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final Getty ImagesThe one England team change to combat ‘incredible’ SpringboksBen Earl and Owen Farrell were among England’s standouts against Fiji Getty ImagesThe one England team change to combat ‘incredible’ SpringboksEngland clung on against Fiji to set up a rematch of the 2019 World Cup final Getty 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 football

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Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi insists the upcoming clash against Manchester City on Saturday afternoon is “bad news” despite the Premier League champions’ recent form football

The Seagulls are aiming to break their recent run of four games in all competitions without a victory, but in their way stand Pep Guardiola’s side football

City have been going through a tough spell themselves, according to their lofty standards, losing three of their last four matches in all competitions, but return to the Etihad Stadium where they have a 100 per cent record so far this season football

Asked whether it is a good time to face the treble winners, De Zerbi admitted the opposite football

He told a press conference: “It is bad news football

The big teams are not used to losing three games in the last four, but anyway we have to think for ourselves football

“We have to improve in the quality of the play because we are not playing enough for our level and to compete for our target football

We have to understand if we want to win or want to compete we have to play football better than the last games football

“Without the quality of the play, we can’t reach any target and we have to be clear football

”Brighton have gone from strength to strength since De Zerbi walked through the door at the Amex Stadium, having delivered European football football to the fans for the first time in the club’s history football

Many have compared the Italian’s achievements so far to the boss in the opposite dugout and De Zerbi admits he would love to do what Guardiola has done throughout his managerial career football

“I’m happy when I listen to Pep speak about me football

I feel a bit embarrassed, but we are a work in progress,” De Zerbi added football

“I think we are playing well, fighting well but we have to improve, progress and adapt a new challenge and new season football

“Pep is a boss football

I would like to do something the same because for many years he won in Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Man City, but the way which he won is different to other coaches football

The world will remember him not only for the victory but the way he wins, it is unique football

”Premier League top scorer Erling Haaland has not found the back of the net in his last two league appearances which many fans have not been used to since his arrival into the league football

But De Zerbi is extra wary of Haaland’s threat as he looks to break his mini duck football

He added: “The big strikers when they are not scoring so many goals, they are more angry to score and have a chance to score, but its not only Haaland because Doku is a great player for them, and Alvarez football

”Earlier on Friday, Brighton announced highly-rated winger Kaoru Mitoma had signed a new contract football

The 26-year-old, who arrived in 2021, has been a key player in Brighton’s success and will now stay on the south coast until 2027 football

De Zerbi said: “It’s great news football

Kaoru is our top player football

”Technical director David Weir added: “Ensuring that a player of Kaoru’s quality will remain with us for the long term is fantastic news football

Kaoru adapted to the Premier League last season and has quickly become one of our most important players football

”More aboutPA ReadyRoberto De ZerbiBrightonCityEtihad StadiumPremier LeagueKaoru MitomaErling HaalandDavid WeirAmex StadiumBarcelonaBayern Munich1/1It is bad news – Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi expects Man City to bounce backIt is bad news – Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi expects Man City to bounce backDe Zerbi thinks the visit to Man City is “bad news” (Bradley Collyer/PA)PA Wire✕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 football

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