England advanced to the final in the second EC tournament in a row. That must have sealed head coach Gareth Southgate’s knighthood.
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England progressed from the highly exciting European Championship semi-final against the Netherlands to Sunday night’s final.
Made it through the exchange Ollie Watkins scored his fourth goal in his 14th international match of his career, when the last seconds of regular time were played.
England became the fourth team in history to reach the finals of consecutive European Championships. Previously, the trick had been done by the Soviet Union (1960, 1964), Germany (1972, 1976, 1980 and 1992, 1996) and Spain (2008, 2012).
England lost to Italy in the 2021 European Championship final.
Even now, and especially in the following days, the English media must be in a frenzy. It’s time for Football’s Coming Home again at the latest.
King Charles III reacts to the final place immediately.
– My wife and I and our whole family send you our warmest congratulations on reaching the European Championship final – and we send our best wishes for Sunday’s match, was the king’s message to the England team and the head coach For Gareth Southgate.
– If I can encourage you to secure a win before the last-minute miracle goals or the drama of the hard-fought race, I’m sure that the strain on the country’s collective heart rate and blood pressure will be greatly eased! there was a joke in the king’s message.
– Good luck, England.
Prince too William react on social media. Known as a football lover, William is an Aston Villa supporter. Watkins, who scored the winning goal, represents Aston Villa.
The place in the final also most likely sealed the knighthood of Southgate, who has been England’s head coach since 2016.
According to The Telegraph Souhgate was already close to being knighted with the summer 2021 EC final. According to the website, Southgate was now set to receive a knighthood regardless of the result of England’s semi-final match.
Already with the 2018 World Cup, Southgate received the honor of OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire). It is the fourth highest of the honors of the order, with the two highest entitles to the rank of knight.
In the English media, after the semi-final match, it was felt that this final place is even bigger than 2021, because England’s game has been so crowded. England has sorted out the difficulties and has undoubtedly improved enormously in the quarter-finals and especially the semi-finals.
The ventings of the head coach Southgate, a hugely scolded man, said everything essential.
Now, after the semi-final, Southgate received praise from the experts.
– At times, yes, Southgate has been criticized. But in the first half tonight I thought it was fantastic, it was more than what we wanted – he deserves all the credit, spilled British legend Alan Shearer.
– I wonder when there will be changes. The exchanges were perfect. What a night for Watkins and England.
Southgate opened up about the criticism he received and the difficulties England faced, especially after the quarter-final against Switzerland. Now the England players reminded us of that.
– We have received a lot of criticism, but we are in the final and that is all that matters, hero Watkins stated.
– We receive criticism when we don’t play well, but it’s important that we endure it, are united and win these games. These moments are great, it brings us together as a team and as a family, Jude Bellingham reminded.
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