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Gareth Southgate Spoke From The Heart After England vs Germany Redemption At Wembley

Gareth Southgate Spoke From The Heart After England vs Germany Redemption At Wembley

25 years after his penalty miss, Gareth Southgate led England to a 2-0 Euro 2020 round of 16 win over Germany.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

Gareth Southgate spoke from the heart in an emotional post-match interview after leading England to a first knockout victory over Germany for 55 years.

Goals from Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane late in the second half secured England's qualification to the quarter-finals in front of 45,000 passionate fans at Wembley.

It was a huge win for the Three Lions against a nation who have caused them so much heartache and hurt over the years.

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Image: PA

Southgate experienced that more than anyone else when he missed the decisive spot-kick in the Euro 96 semi-final against Germany and Tuesday's triumph brought him some redemption.


The England boss gave a wonderful interview to the BBC after the result and reflected on that penalty miss 25 years on.

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Image: PA

"I'm just so pleased," Southgate said.

"I was looking at the big screen and I saw Dave Seaman up there and you know, for the team-mates that played with me I can't change that [the '96 penalty] so that's always going to hurt.

"But what's lovely is we've given people another day to remember and now we've got to go and do it in Rome."

After the interview, Gary Lineker asked fellow England great Alan Shearer if he had forgiven Southgate for the miss, to which he replied: "Oh I did that years ago."

Southgate has been criticised for his tactics but when you watch the interview, you cannot accuse him of not knowing what this means for the country.

He hailed the "immense" display from his players and said they had "brains" as well as "passion and heart" in the way they played.

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Image: PA

"We were playing a team with four World Cup winners, a manager who has had an incredible career with Germany," Southgate commented, as per Sky Sports.

"I have huge respect for what he's done.

"We know there have always been questions about us against big teams and we knew Germany, with their experience, would dictate certain parts of the game.

"We will always have passion and heart but we also had brains. We pressed at the right moment, the forwards picked the right moments to go and stay, we found a balance of being brave with the ball and keeping possession in our own half and right moments to go quickly and counter. That was a real step forward for us."

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Topics: Football, Euro 2020, England, Gareth Southgate

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and wrestling. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has interviewed some of the biggest names in the field - including the first UK interview with The Hardy Boyz after their return to WWE. He has never sported a pair of Lonsdale Slip-ons, contrary to reports.

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