Gareth Southgate hopes Iceland defeat can ‘focus the mind’ for his England stars

An expectant Wembley crowd let their frustrations known after an alarmingly poor performance in their last warm-up friendly.

Gareth Southgate understood why fans booed his side after a dismal defeat to Iceland that the England manager hopes will “really focus the mind” heading into Euro 2024.

“You’d like a good performance, a crowd that’s been entertained and to be leaving on a high,” Southgate said after the send-off friendly. “Clearly the performance wasn’t at the level it needed to be. Not how we wanted to sign off for the Euros but loads to learn from and we’ll get stronger! Get behind the lads and we’ll see you in Germany 🦁🦁🦁“Of course, at the end, where you ideally want the experience on the pitch to keep the calm and work your way back into the game, we were needing to take those players off to look after them.“But, equally, we have to stay calm because we know what needs to be put right and we’ll work on that between now and the game with Serbia.

“I completely understand,” Southgate said of the supporters’ reaction. “We didn’t play well enough to keep them excited within the game.

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