The convincing victory over Iran (6:2) caused great euphoria in England, but part of the football public on the Island changed its attitude completely after the first points dropped by the Albion in Group B and sent off Gareth Southgate and his team with whistles. The England coach reflected on the crowd’s reaction immediately after the game.Speed is all of us pic.twitter.com/aYJ1DVzJyJ— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) November 25, 2022 “Of course I want our fans to go home happy. I want our fans at home to have a smile on their faces. We didn’t quite manage to achieve that tonight. But people are going to react how they’re going to react. I can’t let that affect how I feel about the team or how the team feels. The objective is to qualify. We have three games to do it. I would imagine most of the teams in the competition will take three games to do it” said Southgate.Is it football, or is it soccer? Whatever they call it, England and USA should try and play itAlbion fans welcome every big competition with dreams of a trophy, however, as a rule, patience and support for the national team is absent at the first stumble. Last night, apart from dropping two points, England put in a very lackluster display in general and the table of praises was quickly turned.“We have to stay calm in these tournaments. We’ve been through this before. I’ve been in it as a player and a coach. We have the unique thing of getting through the last two in two games. So I’m sure there will be a lot of noise – this is the tournament of external noise. But we’re on track. We have a bit to do. We can still improve. That’s going to be our target” said England coach.The 5 England players with most goals under Gareth Southgate 👏 4⃣5⃣⚽️ – Harry Kane1⃣7⃣⚽️ – Raheem Sterling1⃣1⃣⚽️ – Marcus Rashford 7⃣⚽️ – Harry Maguire 6⃣⚽️ – Jesse Lingard pic.twitter.com/jiKvz5P3X9— Stats24 (@_Stats24) November 21, 2022 A big and effective win over Iran (6-2) was followed by a goalless display, but Southgate doesn’t seem to think that this offensive downplay and a draw are reasons for concern.“I’m really pleased of the application of the players against a tough opponent. They defended incredibly well. To come off the high of that performance the other day and to find that same energy and level of quality was always going to be a challenge. Yes, we lacked a little bit of zip and quality in the final third and we weren’t able to open them up and create really good chances but we had to show another side of ourselves in terms of resilience without the ball, recovery runs, defending our box well, defending any number of corners and set plays that came in. To be a successful team in a tournament you’ve got show different faces” said Southgate.Friday, Nov 25thWales – Iran 0-1 (0-0)/Cheshmi 90+9/Qatar – Senegal 1-3 (0-1)/Muntari 78 – Dia 41, Diedhou 48, Dieng 84/Netherlands – Ecuador 1-1 (1-0)/Gakpo 6 – Valencia 49/England – USA 0-0Saturday, Nov 26th13:00: (2.90) Tunisia (3.00) Australia (2.65) D16:00: (1.63) Poland (3.80) Saudi Arabia (5.70) C19:00: (2.00) France (3.40) Denmark (3.90) D22:00: (1.62) Argentina (3.70) Mexico (6.00) C
