Matthew Upson on England's game against Andorra

Matthew Upson has dismissed the idea that England will be complacent against Andorra at Wembley on Wednesday. The squad know that having dimissed Kazakhstan 4-0 in Almaty on Saturday, victory against Andorra will put them on the brink of qualification for the World Cup in South Africa next summer. The West Ham defender acknowledges that games against minnow nations are often tricky for a defender. "We will dominate a lot of the play but sometimes those sort of games as a defender are the hardest," he said. "You can't get into any rhythm, you have long spells of the game without too much to deal with and then all of a sudden something happens so you have to try and stay focused. It's a different kind of test. "We just have to focus on winning. We need to set out with the right mentality and not be complacent." He added: "Everyone is training hard and competing to get in the team for Wednesday. Everyone's hungry so I can't see us being complacent. "If the team approaches it in the right way, which I'm sure we will, there's no reason why we can't get another positive result." Upson said making next year's World Cup squad would be "a dream". "Playing in the World Cup would mean everything," he said. "It's something I've dreamt of for a long time and worked hard for over the last four or five years. "But we're not there just yet. We've put ourselves in a strong position but we're still a couple of wins away from confirming that. "We can't start taking our eye off the ball and looking ahead to next summer just yet."

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ITN | June 8, 2009

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