The situation
The penalties returned to condemn Southgate, selector of the ‘Three Lions’. He has a contract until 2024 and the support of his players and the federation. They had lost in six of their last seven shoot-outs, so Roy Hodgson , Gareth Southgate ‘s England predecessor , had no choice but to hire a psychologist in 2014 to combat the ‘penalty shootout curse’. But eight years and a coach later the same curse haunts the ‘Three Lions’, who were left out of the World Cup due to a maximum penalty missed by Harry Kane. Because the ‘9′ shot high, so high that England was again left out of a great tournament, this time against France 2-1. And despite the fact that Kane had hit his first chance to tie 1-1, just before the first hour of the game, on his second attempt, around minute 76, his penalty shot did not come. to get the door Hugo Lloris stood still and the English relived their worst nightmares with penalties, the same as 18 months earlier, in the 2020 Euro Cup final (held in the summer of 2021), they had left them at the gates of their first title . There were two actions, two missed penalties by Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford, but they served to portray a chronic problem for the British team and not even the victory on penalties against Colombia in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Russia has served Southgate to remove the shadow of the curse of his selection.
they want you to stay
A few minutes after being eliminated from the World Cup and losing for the umpteenth time due to a penalty in a tournament, the English expedition had long faces, dejected, sad, incredulous, but also grateful to Southgate. And that is why Harry Maguire and Declan Rice opted for their continuity in the mixed zone. “I hope he stays ,” Rice opened, who doesn’t know what will happen now. “There is a lot of talk about it. It’s been brilliant for us. There has been a lot of undeserved criticism. It has taken us so, so far… further than people expected,” continued the English midfielder, very much in tune with his teammate in defense of him. “I’m sure if you ask each player…they couldn’t speak highly enough of him. He handles everything really well and tactically makes all the big decisions correctly. He has shown it again in this tournament ” , acknowledged Maguire , who knows that, despite doubts about his future, Southgate has a contract until 2024 and has the backing of the English Football Association (popularly known as the FA). . And this was demonstrated by the chief executive of the FA, Mark Bullingham , released a statement a day after the elimination in which he also supported the manager. “He has done exceptionally well during the tournament. We were incredibly proud of Gareth, the technicians and the support team ,” Bullingham wrote highly. Only thing we have to do at this point is to wait and see what is going to happen. future will show us everything
