What Southgate has to change to lead England to Euro 2024 glory 🔎 Analysis by GARSIDEK
From learning to lean on Marcus Rashford to demanding more from Harry Maguire, here’s how Gareth Southgate can turn England from nearly men to championsChief Sports CorrespondentA week of fireside chats with the family in Yorkshire, the support of the players and a positive swell of opinion persuadedSouthgate’s “I will” declaration, at least until Euro 2024 in Germany, will not please everybody.
It was this militant tendency, plus some heavyweight dissenters among the media, that weighed heaviest in the immediacy of the quarter-final defeat to France, a game in whichDespite the improved display against an elite nation in the advanced stage of a major tournament, it was not initially enough to erase the memory of the two Nations Leaguein the space of 10 days in June, particularly the latter at Molineux, when the anti-Southgate sentiment reached a particularly unsettling peak.
His prospects looked terminal following the defeat to Italy in September and another insipid opening half against Germany three days later. It would appear a switch was tripped after falling two behind in the second half of that match, England’s last fixture before the. The German players expressed surprise at the lack of thrust they met at Wembley. Perhaps they were equally shocked at the English response after taking the lead.
England began to play with a kind of desperate freedom, a new urgency, the anxiety of “keeping it tight” of “getting a result” simply fell away. Three goals in 12 minutes was the result. Though they would concede a late equaliser in a chaotic finale to Kai Havertz, the players had shown Southgate the value of having a go, of playing without inhibition.
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