Gareth Southgate insists England will 'be ready' for Euro 2024 after their tournament preparation ended with a shock 1-0 loss at home to Iceland.
Gareth Southgate insists England will “be ready” for Euro 2024 after their tournament preparation ended with a shock 1-0 loss at home to Iceland.It was a woefully flat performance from Southgate’s men, with the England manager continuing to experiment before the European Championships get underway next week.Explaining what went wrong against Iceland, Southgate said his side must do better “without the ball” and said some of his players will already “have one eye on” the tournament in Germany.
“I think we’ve got to be better without the ball. I think that there were a lot of reasons for that and across the two games we probably haven’t had our full side out across any two games. We’ve been able to look at people, we’ve been able to learn about the balance of the team. “I’ve been involved in a lot of last matches leading into a tournament. Inevitably players have one eye on what’s coming in terms of early challenges. No excuses on the result but there are a lot of things we can put right quickly.”
Southgate added: “We didn’t get pressing right and we were too stretched without the ball. There were questions we were not able to answer. If your out-of-possession game isn’t right it can make it feel like you don’t have a foothold on the game.“Tonight hasn’t gone as we would have hoped. I said to the players that not every day will go as you want and tonight was one of those.
Anthony Gordon has urged fans to focus on “the bigger picture” after his third England appearance ended in a shock Wembley defeat to Iceland.An uninspired England fell to a shock 1-0 defeat against Iceland at Wembley in their final warm-up friendly before Euro 2024.Euro 2024 starts with hosts Germany facing Scotland on June 14, but England, France and the rest face a deadline of June 7 to name their tournament squads.
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