fulwoodshrimp wrote:Whilst recognising the great achievement of the management and staff to take England to the Euro Final am I alone in believing Gareth Southgate messed up last night? The game was calling out for a substitution in the second half when Italy were dominating but the manager didn't respond. To bring Sancho and Rashford on as extra time concluded was unfair to these two players. Their first touch of the ball almost was to take their penalties! Finally to ask Saka to take the last penalty was very unfair to him. A 19 year old with the fate of the competition in his hands. Hopefully, lessons will have been learned to help us in the campaign for the World Cup. There were some big pluses with Calvin Phillips in particular showing huge promise and Rice performing well at international level. I felt there some question marks too about some players. Imo Jordan Henderson is not quite at international level despite him being a key player in Liverpool's successes and Mason Mount to me doesn't quite seem as effective as he is for Chelsea in the Premier League.
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