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Published 15:39 4 Jul 2018 BST
Updated 15:43 4 Jul 2018 BST
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Mourinho has even singled out England defender Harry Maguire for particular criticism after watching Gareth Southgate's side claim a dramatic last-16 win over Colombia on penalties on Tuesday night.
"People are focusing on Neymar, but if it was only Neymar, I’d be happy, but it’s not only Neymar," the Manchester United manager told RT.
"Every team has lots of diving, lots of pretending, lots of putting pressure on the referee… the game loses quality… and for me that was the negative point. It’s not about England and Colombia, it’s almost every match… [The players] are creating such a difficult job for the referees in every match, even with VAR the players are creating problems."I was surprised to see central defenders like [England's] Harry Maguire, normally he is a very honest guy, diving in the attacking box asking the referee for VAR.
"The players should feel the responsibility of playing in the World Cup in front of billions of spectators."
Maguire threw himself to the ground under no contact from Davinson Sanchez and quickly returned to his feet when he realised that nobody had bought his act of simulation.
England's victory will now see the Three Lions play Sweden in the quarter-finals on Saturday afternoon and given the side of the draw they find themselves on, Mourinho has backed England to make it to the World Cup final which will take place on July 15.
He said: "For many years England is not reaching this stage of the competition, so being in the quarter-finals, playing against Sweden, having for the semi-final the winner of Russia versus Croatia, I would say England has a golden chance to be in the World Cup final."The SportsJOE Friday Pub Quiz: Week 137
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