14 hours agoGareth Southgate's words after the devastating defeat against Italy last night
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Gareth Southgate took full responsibility for England's heartbreaking defeat in penalty from Italy in the Euro 2020 final, saying he ordered the penalty to be hit by the following staff. England was denied its first trophy since 1966, while Marcus Rasford, Jadon Sancho, and Bukayo Saka did not shoot the target by 11 meters, [...]
England was denied its first trophy since 1966, while Marcus Rasford, Jadon Sancho, and Bukayo Saca did not shoot the 11-meter target, the Periscope broadcast.
This is my responsibility,” said Southgate. I chose the players who would shoot. I told the footballers that no one is alone in this situation.
We win and lose together as a team. They have been united along the road and thus must stay. It was my decision to give him [Saka] the penalty. This is totally my responsibility. It's not about him, Marcus or Jadon. We worked with these in training. This is how we decided.
They need to know that there is no one left. We win and lose as a team. Penalties were my decision. We worked in training. He didn't depend on the players. It wasn't our fault. Of course it's going to be heartbreaking for the boys but it wasn't guilty.” /Periscope. com/
