"That goal SAVED Southgate!" | England 2-1 Slovakia | Post Match Analysis

Well, he's writing a great script, isn't he, like he did last season, winning the Champions League, winning the American League and being one of Real Madrid's best players. Could you take advantage of his small press? A little press there with Gabriel. It was nice to see him. do the press and um look, he's a special player, that

goal

not only

saved

him and his teammates from an untold amount of criticism that they had never seen before, um as a group of players, and it also

saved

their coach, um, and I'm happy about that because, to be fair, Gareth has been England's best manager for 40 or 50 years, he's been England's most successful manager and I wouldn't have hated him.

We all would have hated him in the game, those who know him, go for him. Let's see the way you have it, what I would say is that you are starting to sound like England players of the past referring to external criticism referring to other things Boys, get your innocence back, get your love of tournament football back, no one wants they do. lose here we are all desperate for you to win honestly it's like they have started to listen to the things that are happening externally and everything that has been criticized no one has been criticized personally no one has questioned the character no one said they are they are not working hard, everything What we said is that they are not playing very good football, there is an imbalance in the team and that needs to be fixed and still needs to be fixed, you know, criticism of football is fair criticism, it's not that they went overboard on that. .

With respect, I think that with football players the right of response is always on the field, so they refer to those criticisms a lot, but in the end today showed that you know Jude Bellingham in those moments he had that right of response, obviously he is referring to the criticisms. I don't like him, he seems a little arrogant and confident, but there is another player called Cristiano Ronaldo, he is a little arrogant and confident. He scored 895

goal

s in his career. It takes that arrogance and confidence to take a kick with 30 seconds left, no. Be careful because moments in this game are ultimately about moments.

Bellingham, I think he took it, Kane took it when Tony came on, he, he, he had an assist, you know, so this is what the players have to do, they have to do it on the field, this is incredible. Instinct, confidence and arrogance whatever you want to call it, that's what you need to try to even attempt that with 30 seconds left. You played with Gareth Southgate in the middle spr and with Gareth Southgate in the middle spr. Are you surprised by the way he is? coaching and coaching at the moment and I ask the question because you have a lot of attacking talent in your team, you have three players at home, Sancho Gish and Rashford, who could easily be in this team, are you a little surprised by the way your team whether he's playing or getting to know him as he's doing it, no, that's the type of coach that was going to be good knowing him and seeing how he's been with the national team since he took over, he's been very consistent in that sense, so he's always whatever.

Talent that he has up front, I'm probably not saying he's been more concerned, but he's been more on the defensive end, making sure he doesn't concede goals and building from there, than probably giving these players the freedom and because we see that in the clubs and we were talking before about these players in the clubs, well, for the best player in the Premier League, you go to Bingham, the best player in Real MADD, none of them are ever the same in Germany, so what? why can't you get that part of? talent that does it from England, so obviously that is something that is not happening with Southgate.

I don't think he'll change because he hasn't before, why he'll do it now, so you're saying that he actually is. to write that, you understand by playing with it and playing with it. I understand that he does. It was a morning victory that should not justify how you arrive at the result. Today there is as much

analysis

to do as if I were the coach. Because? the way you concede the goals the way you concede Slovakia to dominate the game when I think they should dominate they have more control of the games they are actually playing of course they have the character that they never give up always Ste in the game you have I want to give all that credit to the players on the team, but I think a little more could be given, especially on the offensive end.

They'll have to do it, won't they? Because there's no way we're just going to see SP. there is no way to play like that, it is Spain or Germany if they get that far no, obviously not, but we are not on that side of the draw, that is obviously very close, we have Switzerland, obviously, at the weekend, which is going to happen . It will be a very difficult game, but I don't think it was very strange that the England teams lacked character. You know, they've always worked hard. You know we have to if you like the end of overtime in many many. games, many tournaments in which we were eliminated on penalties.

I don't think the character has ever been in doubt, never all the players I played with for England or the England manager or the ones I've watched for England in the last four or five years or when I looked when I was younger when Robson and Keegan played all those players have always worked hard they have always loved playing for their country it is quality it is technical ability it is control of the football

match

it is intelligence that is what we have been missing over a period of 30 to 40 years and that is the challenge. I think in this tournament we thought we had the most technical group of players we've ever had.

There is no doubt that you also have to be the best defensive team to win. tournament that usually happens so getting the balance is getting the balance is getting the Jude yeah we just need a little bit of PS like them and basically you think about that defensive balance but then on that technical side we just need to develop a a little more fluidity. in our game and we look a little stiff, a little scared in possession, that's what I think is disappointing, because yes, in the first half the players seem terrified of making a mistake.

South Gates talks a lot about that. bravery and audacity I haven't seen it, do you know if it's his Subs, if it's the tactical switches, can he change the shape? What are you doing now? In terms of the next game, he has to be braver, he has to be bolder in his decision making because today I think the players got him out of a difficult situation, they put Tony in too late. I think Tony was 15 minutes early. I mean, can you imagine the impact I had? By the way, I can see why he was furious. Tony comes in with two minutes left, I mean I was there, you have an immediate impact don't you?

Yeah, that was brilliant, so the two England goals, one is a throw-in and the other is a missed kick and it's heading back behind. the danger area goes back to the mixer as we say in England D yes, but it's in the right place, it accommodates it perfectly because it's not an easy header to get into k, so Ken, that's the best, but again you stay in the game . You, you, Gareth and the team have a plan that he brings, obviously he wouldn't be happy with two minutes without extra time, but hey, he comes on the field and does what he has to do and they win the game, so they absolutely do.