Gareth Southgate emphasized that England kept the ball throughout the semi-final with the Netherlands and showed quality, asked the Spaniards to take the ball to play their game, while he focused on the experience he has gained from his four-year presence on the bench of the “three lions”.
Analytically:
On qualifying for the final: “To be able to lead England to a first major final abroad makes me very proud. Now, we want to beat the Spanish team, which was the best of the tournament. It will be difficult”.
On the match against the Netherlands: “I don’t think we deserved to be behind tonight. I think we were excellent with the ball all night. I was very pleased with the quality of my team’s play. I’m not sure if England have ever had 60% possession against the Netherlands before.”
On how he will face Spain: “We have to get the ball from them first! They press very well so we will have to be excellent with the ball and we will have to be excellent without the ball. But it’s a final, you expect that.”
On losing the final at Euro 2020: “When I took this job, I had two years as a Premier League manager, now I have over 100 international games and I have learned a lot. From every experience you go through, you learn. The last final was our first EURO final, we didn’t get everything right but we will try to be better this time.”
Source: Sport Fm
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