Gareth Southgate was a naturally dejected coach after the defeat against Italy (1-1, 2-3 gp) in the Euro-2020 final. The England coach took responsibility when faced with the fact that the team missed three consecutive penalties during the tiebreaker.
“The responsibility is mine. I was the one who decided who would take penalties, according to what they did in training. Nobody is alone. We win together and when we can’t win we are together too. Now, when it comes to penalties, it was my decision and that will fall on my shoulders,” he said, talking about the match: “At times we played very well, but then we couldn’t keep possession, especially in the second half . But it’s not worth criticizing, it was an immense joy to work with this group».
Southgate also took stock of the English performance at Euro-2020.
“Tonight is going to be incredibly difficult for us. We have to be disappointed because the opportunities to win a trophy are so rare, but when they reflect on what they’ve done, they’ll find reasons to be extremely proud. Now, at this moment, it’s a huge pain because we wanted to give our country a special night, to win the first European, and we weren’t able to,” he concluded.
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