Gareth Southgate has told his players to make history rather than get caught up in it as the England manager insisted previous disappointments against Germany were irrelevant to a squad writing their own stories at Euro 2020. pic.twitter.com/V29ZvvCquK — England (@England) June 27, 2021Southgate knows all about such disappointments having missed the key penalty 25 years ago, but his players have repeatedly said in the build-up that previous losses to Die Mannschaft mean little to them. pic.twitter.com/Fy9z7lTkiZ — England (@England) June 26, 2021“I think they’ve got at least four World Cup winners, innumerable Champions League winners in that team, so although everybody’s dismissing them, very, very experienced big game players. “We don’t say to the players ‘don’t play the ball forward’, ‘don’t move the ball quickly’, ‘don’t attack’. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/kWkPGXJw1i — England (@England) June 24, 2021“We have a process,” Southgate added.

Source: Express June 27, 2021 17:03 UTC