Sunday’s Euro 2024 final resulted in a record 4th title for Spain and a record back-to-back finals defeat for England as substitute Mikel Oyarzabal connected home the game’s winning goal four minutes from the 90th minute.
The Real Sociedad attacker got the better of defender Marc Guehi when he slid to contact Marc Cucurella’s cross into England’s box.
While certain people have praised Gareth Southgate’s performance as England manager, former striker Alan Shearer believes it is not enough as Southgate and his team have failed to get the ultimate prize.
”Gareth Southgate has dragged us from the very bottom and taken us to nearly a team that can be successful.
But we’ve had that three years ago, we’ve got a better team and squad now, so when that happens, expectations are higher and you’ve got to cope with that.
Getting to finals when you have got the quality of players like England have, and not winning it, is not going to be good enough.
They have got a togetherness, they have got a steel about them, but I think they are better than what they have shown us.”, Shearer concluded when speaking to BBC One.
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