Europeans, Italy-England, Southgate: “My fault, I chose the penalty takers”

Gareth Southgate’s choices will cause discussion. Why include two designated penalty takers, Rashford and Sancho, only in the final minutes of the extra second? And why the fifth penalty to a 2001 like Saka? “We have prepared ourselves – Southgate comments – in the best possible way and this is my responsibility, I chose the boys to take the penalties. Saka? It was my decision to entrust him with that penalty, so it is totally my responsibility: it is not his fault, Marcus Rashford or Jadon Sancho. We worked on it in training and this is the best order we have arrived at. “

BITTERNESS

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Southgate then analyzes the final as a whole: “Obviously we are extremely disappointed, but we still have to congratulate the guys. The team gave absolutely everything they could, we can’t have any recriminations. It was a real joy to work with this group. has been able to achieve results that we have not achieved for a long time. Unfortunately this is an incredibly painful evening. It is right to be sad because in the course of a career there are few opportunities to win trophies. But when we think about our path, we must all be proud of ourselves . In this moment, however, it is impossible to take stock of the tournament because it is a defeat that hurts too much. ”