When Roy Hodgson names his World Cup squad he will go for the tried and trusted names that got England to Brazil.
Balance
However, I was less impressed about
Alexis Sanchez's comments ahead of this game about English players being soft and suggesting he worked harder to become a pro than our players did.
Just because you come from a certain background doesn't mean you want it more than someone else.
Frank Lampard will be winning his 103rd cap for England on Friday and presented with a gold 100th cap before the game. He came from a private school background but you can't tell me Sanchez wanted it more than him. That was quite disrespectful.
However, the Barcelona forward is a good player and one of several talented players Chile have got, so it should be a good contest on Friday.
It's tough to predict an outcome, although I think England, with the current feel-good factor around the national team at the moment, will win.
But the important thing is that, no matter the result, we maintain a sense of balance.
If England win these two fixtures suddenly everyone will say 'we're going to win the World Cup' and if we lose them they'll get written off. Anytime we go into World Cup or Euros we get so carried away.
These matches are all about giving players opportunities. If England can keep their current run going and build on their confidence, too, then that's great.
But the results won't have any bearing on us winning - or not winning - the World Cup.
