Gareth Southgate warns against distractions at Wembley on the back of his side’s big step forward in victory against Italy
t is fair to say that there will be a lot going on at Wembley on Sunday before England kick off their second Euro 2024 qualifying tie, against Ukraine. A golden boot presentation for Harry Kane to mark his status as the nation’s record goalscorer; he set the mark with a penalty in Thursday’sAnother presentation, this one of a posthumous honorary England cap to the, the black player who was denied the chance to play for his country in 1925 because of the colour of his skin.
The Football Association will welcome to the game more than 1,000 displaced Ukrainians and their host families in the United Kingdom. Around 4,200 Ukraine fans will be in the crowd and the players will come together before kick-off to send a message of peace. Gareth Southgate was asked whether it was tough to predict how Ukraine would play given all of the trauma in the lives of their players and staff. “No, I would say it is entirely predictable,” the England manager said. “They are very proud. We saw that right at the beginning of the war when they went to Scotland and Wales for the World playoffs [last June]. They are totally committed to bringing enjoyment to their public.
“I think that was difficult,” Southgate said. “Hampden had a different feel – a different feel to what we’ll get in September when we go there [for a friendly], that’s for sure!”Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA. It would be different again for Wales, who won 1-0 to advance to their first World Cup since 1958. From Southgate’s point of view, as he tries to prepare with cold-hearted professionalism – however hard that might be – the situation in Ukraine is a part of this.
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