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GARETH SOUTHGATE UNDERSTANDS ENGLAND BOOS AT WEMBLEY AFTER ICELAND LOSS: WE DID
NOT PRESS WELL ENOUGH

Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson netted winner as Iceland beat England 1-0 at Wembley in
Three Lions' final warm-up game ahead of Euro 2024; loss was greeted by boos
from the home fans; England begin Euro 2024 with Group C clash with Serbia a
week on Sunday

Richard Morgan

Football journalist @Richiereds1976

Saturday 8 June 2024 15:13, UK

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England manager Gareth Southgate said he understood the boos that greeted his
side's 1-0 loss to Iceland at Wembley, acknowledging his side did not play well
enough in their final warm-up game before Euro 2024.

The home side went down to Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson's well-taken early strike,
struggling to create many clear-cut openings themselves, with the full-time
whistle being met with a chorus of boos from the home faithful.



However, Southgate - who drew level with Sir Bobby Robson after taking charge of
his 95th England game - said he could understand the home fans' frustrations at
the end of the game.



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"I completely understand [the boos]," he said after the match. "We didn't play
well enough to keep them excited within the game. We had some very, very good
chances which normally would be finished and would've given a different
complexion to the game and affected our opponent's confidence.

"But that might have also masked some flaws which were apparent tonight. From my
perspective, I've learned a lot from the game. But I've got no qualms with the
supporters' reaction, to have them with you here makes a massive difference but
you have to give them enough goalmouth action, play well enough, press and win
the ball with intensity - and we didn't do that tonight. We have to accept the
reaction as it was."


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One area of real worry for Southgate, though, was his side's pressing, or lack
of, during the game.



Image: A dejected Harry Kane at the full-time whistle

"We didn't get our pressing right and we were too stretched without the ball.
There were questions asked that we weren't able to answer," he said.


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"No matter how much talent you have with the ball, if you're out-of-possession
game isn't right, it can make it feel like you've not got a foothold in the
game."

Southgate, however, urged everyone to stay calm ahead of the tournament, which
England depart for on Monday morning, predicting his side would produce an
improved display when they begin Group C proceedings against Serbia a week on
Sunday.

"I'm confident we'll be better than we were tonight," he said. "We're managing
so many different things through the game, and we ended up with a relatively
young team on the pitch, some of whom we would've got off physically as well. It
was a game where we made six subs, but we would have liked to have made more
because some of the players could've done with getting out of the game a little
bit earlier as well."

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The Times' Martin Hardy analyses England's performance against Iceland and
identifies which areas Gareth Southgate might need to focus on

However, Southgate did concede England were heading to Germany with a number of
injury worries still to contend with.

"The physical side is a slight concern, we've got so many physical issues, but
as I said we needed to get players out of the game on a precautionary level as
well," he added. "That part of it will be better for next Sunday.

"We're focusing on all aspects, really, but we can't hide the fact we have got a
lot of physical issues, it's plain for everyone to see.

"Nevertheless, we can be better than we were tonight and we have to be more
compact, press better, and then take the chances we created.

"We can resolve that, it's a good opportunity to get on the training pitch,
remind ourselves of what's important in terms of winning football matches, and
if the intensity isn't right without the ball, it can cause you a lot of
problems with it too."

On a more positive note, though, the England manager did confirm key centre-back
John Stones' ankle injury, which forced the defender off at half-time, was not
too problematic.

"We think he is probably OK, but we didn't want to take a chance given what's
coming up," he said.


RICE: INSIDE I'M HURTING AT DEFEAT

England midfielder Declan Rice to Channel 4:


Image: Declan Rice shows his dejection after the loss to Iceland

"Very frustrating. To have that much of the ball, with a couple of clear-cut
chances, and get beaten 1-0 at home just before the Euros isn't ideal.

"But I'm going to take the positives from it as well. There were a lot of
positive performances tonight. I felt we played with a good tempo, always tried
to play forward, be more attacking, be a threat.

"In the end it becomes a frustration game. You're chasing your tail a little
bit. You can likely get caught on the counter-attack. That's where we have to be
a little bit more savvy.

"It's not ideal that we lost but there are also some good learning curves from
tonight that we can build on as a team.

"Maybe against the teams that sit in like that, it's about being a bit more
mentally switched-on.

"I felt like at times tonight we were a bit exposed with our press, a little bit
stretched and not as compact as we usually are.

"But these are good things to look back on. We're going to learn from it
tonight. Now I'm speaking but inside I'm hurting.

"Between now and the next game, there is work to be done and I'm ready to go for
the tournament. We all want to put things right."


'HAMMER BLOW TO ENGLAND'S CONFIDENCE LEVELS'

Sky Sports News senior reporter Rob Dorsett at Wembley Stadium:


Image: Gareth Southgate alongside Kobbie Mainoo at Wembley

"That's a hammer blow to England's confidence levels, going in to the Euros.
Beaten at home, in a fixture billed as the big Euros send-off, by a team ranked
72nd in the world.

"There is mitigation, which Southgate will no doubt point to - injuries [losing
John Stones at half time], many players building up fitness levels after injury
or a lack of recent training [Saka, Gordon, Foden, Trippier, Walker, Mainoo].

"But make no mistake, this was a wake-up call for England and their fans, who
dared to believe the hype of England being favourites to win the trophy.

"The boos at full-time were deafening - even though many of the supporters had
already left. Defeat in a friendly is hardly fatal. But the number of worrying
issues for Southgate to address, before England begin their tournament in nine
days' time - that is a major concern ."


THE KEY DATES FOR ENGLAND

All times BST

Monday June 10 - England squad fly to Germany

Sunday June 16 - Serbia vs England, Gelsenkirchen, kick-off 8pm

Thursday June 20 - Denmark vs England, Frankfurt, kick-off 5pm

Tuesday June 25 - England vs Slovenia, kick-off 8pm



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