Euro 2024: Gareth Southgate reckons current run as purple patch in eight years, says 'it has to be the best'
England manager Garteh Southgate steps down after finishing runners-up in Euro 2024
England will have a shot at glory on Sunday (July 14) when they will play against Spain in the final of the Euro 2024 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. The contest will be England’s second Euro final having also reached the showpiece final of the 2020 edition under the managerial reign of Gareth Southgate. While England is yet to win a tournament under the English gaffer, he reckons reaching the final of the Euro 2024 is the best performance in his eight-year stint as the manager of the national side.
Gareth Southgate’s best performance as England manager?
"Yeah, I think it has to be the best. It's another landmark, but the way that we played as well, we played so well throughout the game,” Southgate told ITV in his post-match interview on Wednesday.
"We all want to be loved, right? When you are doing something for your country and you are a proud Englishman, when you don't feel that back and all you read is criticism, it is hard," Southgate added.
Southgate’s England willhave a golden opportunity to end his team’s 58-year drought without a trophy. England has not won a major tournament since the 1966 FIFA World Cup when Bobby Moore’s side beat West Germany in the final at Wembley. The side came close to ending that drought at Euro 2020 but lost to Italy in the final at Wembley Stadium on penalties.
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Southgate to have second bite at the cherry
Having trailed in the semifinal contest, England managed to make a comeback against the Netherlands at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund on Wednesday. Having conceded early through Xavi Simons in the seventh minute, England came back into the contest with Harry Kane scoring a 19th-minute penalty before Ollie Watkins scored a 91st-minute winner.
The win for England will now see them face Spain in the European Championship on Sunday, who had earlier beaten France in the other semifinal.
