The Three Lions failed to fully impress in the goalless draw against Slovenia in Cologne on Tuesday.
Gareth Southgate urged patience after England nudged into the knockout stages of Euro 2024 with a goalless draw against Slovenia in Cologne.
“I don’t think we were going to go from where we were to winning three or four nil – it’s not realistic in the intensity of the game,” Southgate told ITV.“But there were a lot of things we were very pleased with. We have to take one step at a time. Tonight was an improvement and we’ve got to improve to win in the next round clearly.”
““They are really young players so we’re balancing blooding them in a different environment, but they had a really good impact when they came on and used the ball really well,” Southgate added.Overall, Southgate insisted the performance was an improvement on both the gruelling opening win over Serbia, and the subsequent draw with Denmark that drew heavy criticism from some quarters.
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