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70 minutes after the final whistle, Gareth Southgate exited the tunnel at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow after completing his post-match team speech and media duties. Hundreds of supporters remained after the loss to Croatia in overtime. At full volume, they sang an adaptation of the Atomic Kitten Whole Again tube. "Southgate, you're the only one, you still excite me," they sang.
Throughout this unexpected campaign, Southgate sought to deflect praise from him and the players, the support staff, from himself. He looked a little embarrbaded, but applauded and gave a signal of veneration.
Kieran Trippier limped on the field, suffering from an injury to the groin, to cheer the fans. Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford – who had been crying – wiped their tears to show their appreciation. Trippier said that the "link" created between the players was reflected by a new mutual respect with the fans. It is this, he said, which would be the great enduring legacy of 2018 Russia.
"We are all reunited, as a bond," said Trippier. "This team is very special, everything comes from the manager, an incredible manager for the way he manages the team, I can not talk enough about him, he sets the tone, it comes from him, he got this team I hope the fans will see it.I think we are communicating a lot better with the fans, maybe over the years.We just tried to do as well as we could for the nation. whole. "
Harry Maguire traveled to France with a group of childhood friends to watch Euro 2016 from the bleachers. Two years later, they were in the crowd to watch him as one of England's outstanding artists, sneaking into the midfield, dominating through the air and scoring his first international goal. The 25-year-old believes that the goodwill of the fans will extend to Euro 2020, as seven matches will take place at Wembley.
"There is one thing, it is certain," Maguire said. "When the Euros come back, the fans will be really excited again.We left early in this tournament and our main goal was to communicate with the fans and make sure they're proud of the team at the end and we think we did that.
"Right now we are still really we were disappointed because it was a great opportunity for us. We did not want that to end. We wanted to celebrate in the end. It was so hard to see the fans singing and singing and seeing how proud they were of us all, it was hard to accept. "
With the approach of the World Cup, the members of the so-called Golden Generation of England Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard spoke of the suffocating fear they felt for their country They were reflecting on rivalry between clubs, which meant they took national success against international victories, even though the feeling of joining England – in Ferdinand's case – was a chore. [19659002] Trippier does not recognize this attitude in the current team. "I can speak on behalf of each and every player: whenever they are called to England, they all love to come here," he said. he said. "There is no ego, no nothing, everyone wants to play for England"
"I am very confident in this team", he added. "Everyone could have written to us before this tournament, believing we would not go to neighborhoods or anything, but I think we showed a lot of character. In the future, with this manager, with these players, the team will only progress.
"I think we will go far in the next tournament because we have good chemistry, a good team spirit, a very young team, who want to succeed and make the country proud."
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