The England boss was typically understated and considered as he addressed the media ahead of what could be his final major tournament in charge
’s first game the place is packed, seats are full, people stand around the edges, eager for a chance to hear how preparations are going, what insights can be gleaned.on Sunday evening, it felt like a relatively low-key affair for the first press conference of what could well be the last tournament Southgate is in charge of the national team. A modestly-sized, grey breeze-blocked room, an unused silver kitchen off to one side, its fridges empty, the place half-full, at best.
He is still understated — a demeanour that hides the fierce competitiveness that has burned inside since he was the young boy who used to have to have to hide his face from classmates when he was reduced to tears by defeats. And, of course, he was asked about England being favourites. England are always favourites, even though the national team has won only one knockout game in a European Championship overseas — against Ukraine in Italy on the way to the Euro 2020 final in that pan-European tournament. And the country has never beaten a World Cup-winning team in the knockout stages of a World Cup, ever.
He used humour to bat away the question about this possibly being his last tournament, too. “I hate to put pressure on all the coaches but it could be the last for all of them.”
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