It wasn't all some dream, England did actually lose to Iceland last night and crashed out of the Euros in what must be the most embarrassing defeat for England since losing in 1950 to America in the World Cup. The Times newspaper's ratings of the players perfectly summed that up.
England lacked inspiration for much of the tournament managing just four goals in four games, only once scoring twice, and all four games had a similar feel of England hogging the ball but failing to create enough chances or take any of those they did manufacture.
Last night's loss to Iceland was especially embarrassing having gone 1-0 up after four minutes through Wayne Rooney's penalty but by the end of the game England had been awful, a fact outlined by Marcus Rashford's cameo at the end of the game making him England's best player.
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The Times didn't hold back when rating the England players out of 10 giving every single player from last night's match a big fat zero and you'd be hard stretched to disagree with them, no one comes out of it with any credit.
Unsurprisingly Roy Hodgson resigned as England manager straight after the match last night, although with his contract up at the end of the tournament it was hardly a performance to encourage the FA to offer him a renewal.
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Joe Hart's poor attempt at saving Kolbeinn Sigþórsson's shot in the 18th minute consigned England to defeat and it was the second gaffe in three games by the Manchester City goalie after allowing Gareth Bale's free kick to go past him.
Of the rest of the team captain Wayne Rooney had an okay tournament but was one of the poorest players last night, especially in the second half, whilst Harry Kane continued to look bereft of his Spurs' form, especially when taking free-kicks, and Raheem Sterling fell into obscurity after winning the early penalty.
Oddly French newspaper L'Equipe who are usually the harshest critics after matches weren't too harsh with their ratings:
(Via: The Times)
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