Gareth Southgate, England coach looked back at the last fifteen minutes of regulation time of this Sunday’s match in the round of 16 against Slovakia, when he asked himself if Jude Bellingham or Harry Kane were physically well, if he needed to make changes, but he stressed that both create “these moments”, as authors of the two goals of the comeback agony of his team.
“With 15 minutes left you wonder if he’s on his feet. He and Harry Kane create these moments. That’s why you don’t make changes. We had enough offensive players on the field. You know what those players can do. We stayed with them “, declared the coach after qualifying for the quarterfinals, in which they will face Switzerland, on July 6 in Dusseldorf.
“They are still going to question us and we understand it, but we have some qualities that have kept us in the competition. I am very proud of the spirit and leadership that the players have shown,” highlighted the coach, who admitted that the “pressure” in the The center of the field is creating “problems” for them, but he remarked: “We want to be better.”
The coach revealed that they had shown the players “a presentation” of the 1966 team, which was world champion in their country.
“We wanted to show them that the important thing is the team. We wanted to highlight the group because that is part of what creates a tournament-winning team, although we have a long way to go,” he noted.
