O'Reilly recaps 'very frustrating' draw vs. Ghana
England's Nico O'Reilly talks about the team's missed chances against Ghana and staying confident heading into their final 2026 World Cup group stage game.
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You nearly had it there at the end with your header.
How, frustrating was that?
A sort of back down to earth after Croatia.
Yeah, very frustrating.
I mean, it happens, till the next time.
You could see your reaction, Nico, when, when you made really good contact with that header.
You thought it was in.
Yeah.
it's my bread and butter.
They usually go in, but, you know, unfortunately this time, and, hopefully the next one goes in.
How about Harry Kane missing that chance?
I mean, that's so unlike the captain, isn't it?
I mean, he, he had his head in his hands at that time.
Yeah.
It happens, doesn't it?
can't always be our day, can't always go our way.
So, yeah, as I said before- How- we'll, we'll keep going and, you know, we'll see.
How's the confidence still high for this, the third game?
Of course.
Yeah, very high.
next game plan now we're going to it confident, hopefully get the win, and yeah, we go from there.
How important is perspective, Nico, in terms of just ca- calming things down?
People will get a bit carried away that England haven't won.
Yeah, of course it happens in the outside noise.
but yeah, we're calm, we're ready, and, yeah, can't wait for the next game now.
And the next game, I mean, just that's, that's kind of nice for the knockout rounds to have a game where you have to go in it and win it to- Yeah to win the group, right?
Yeah.
Is that, is that actually a positive to have that kind of game early in a tournament?
Yeah, of course.
very important.
What's the manager said to you, Nico?
What, just now?
Yeah.
He said just stay positive, keep your heads up.
We played well, we just gotta take our chances and then, yeah, we go get the next one.
