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England may lack quality needed to win Euros - Germany's Jerome Boateng

Germany and Bayern Munich centre-back Jerome Boateng has predicted that Spain, France and Belgium will be his nation's biggest rivals at the upcoming European Championship, and thinks that England are lacking the necessary quality to win the tournament.

England came from two goals down to beat Germany 3-2 in a friendly earlier this year and qualified for the Euros with ease, but haven't won a major international tournament in 50 years.

Germany have reached at least the semifinals of every World Cup and European Championship since 2006.

"Spain, France and Belgium are in my opinion candidates for the semifinals," Boateng told German Railway DB Mobil magazine. "Along with our team of course.

"England beat us 3-2 in Berlin [in March] but I do not know if in matters of quality and consistency they have enough for an entire tournament."

Germany face Ukraine, Poland and Northern Ireland in the Euro 2016 group stage, while England play Russia, Slovakia and Wales in Group B.

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