Gareth Southgate reveals message to England players after World Cup heartache

“Congrats to France, they know they’ve been in a game. I don’t think we could’ve done any more.

“It’s, for me, we win and lose as a team. We’ve missed a few chances. He [Kane] is so reliable in those situations, we wouldn’t be here but for him.

“I think in key moments, we are playing in a high-level game, there will be chances created, we were in the right places, we had more shots on goal. It’s fine margins.”

With Morocco waiting in the semi-finals, Southgate conceded the exit stung and represented a missed opportunity.

“Yes,” Southgate added when asked if England had passed up a great chance to win a second World Cup. “We were here to try and win the tournament, we thought we could, with this performance against the world champions, we could’ve done that.”

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And Southgate then refused to commit his future to England, despite a contract running to Euro 2024.

“After every tournament, we’ve sat and reviewed and reflected,” he concluded. “That needs a bit of time so everybody makes the right decisions.”

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