Decades of hurt are there to stay for England.It has been 58 years since the first and, to this day, only major trophy for the Three Lions.Gareth Southgate, his boys, and hundreds of millions of fans worldwide hoped the 1966 FIFA World Cup success would be finally joined by another triumph. Alas, it ended in despair and dejection again.DESERVED CROWN! SPAIN ARE THE CHAMPIONS!Three years after that excruciating home loss to Italy after the penalty shootout at Wembley, Southgate’s army surrendered again, this time to an unbreakable Spain.England’s captain, Harry Kane, still without the first trophy of his entire career, netted three goals at Euro 2024 to secure a share of the Golden Boot. Jude Bellingham added two more – including that breathtaking last-gasp equaliser against Slovakia. And yet, all that just was not enough.”To get to another final… it was a privilege to have the opportunity. But to come up short is hard at the moment,” Southgate said after the match.”The players will take enormous credit for getting us to where we did but when you’re as close as that, you have to take your chance,” the Three Lions boss told ITV in his post-match interview.Gareth Southgate’s record as England manager 🏴👉 2018: World Cup semi-finalist👉 2019: Nations League semi-finalist👉 2020: EURO finalist👉 2022: World Cup quarter-finalist👉 2024: EURO finalist pic.twitter.com/XNMqxxYQJU— Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) July 14, 2024 “They have represented the shirt with pride and haven’t been beaten until the very end. I just think Spain had more control of the game.”England are in a really good position in terms of the experience they have. Most of this squad will be around for the next World Cup and maybe the next Euros.”There’s a lot to look forward to but at this moment, it’s not any consolation.”Kane said the players “love the manager” and they “wanted so badly to win it for him”.Gareth is so horrific that he’s actually the best English manager everThey have become the first nation in Euros history to lose successive finals, while Southgate is the first manager to end up on the losing side twice.”I suspect it will be Southgate’s last game,” former England striker Alan Shearer told BBC One.”There will be great disappointment at home. They could have played more attacking football but they got to the final. But when you are there, you have got to get over the line. The reality is, Southgate got us to a final three years ago and got us to a final here, and hasn’t won. That will hurt him and maybe he will think it’s time for someone else.”The manager himself said it’s not the time to talk about it…”Now is not the time for me to speak about that. I need to talk to the right people and give myself a bit of time.”##NAJAVA_MECA_8213885##
