FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (MARTIN SAMUEL)

 MARTIN SAMUEL: Southgate has made the impossible   possible he's created an England side capable of glory and if he   can alter the image of this cursed tournament.

            MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER IN DOHA: We were talking relevance. How the impossible job became one that Mauricio Pochettino or Thomas Tuchel would walk into, gladly, tomorrow. How a team that, six years ago, appeared to have hit rock bottom was rehabilitated into one of the strongest in tournament football. And because Gareth Southgate is not a conventional England manager in so many ways, he came at the subject from an entirely original angle. 'I remember during the Black Lives Matter protests, there was a fantastic comedian who said "all we're asking is that we matter, nothing more",' Southgate recalled. 'And maybe we've made the impossible just look possible, that would be the analogy. Maybe we've made it look exciting for other people and I can understand that.