Team England could reach the final, if not lost control of the 2nd half – Sports Mail.Ru

Wednesday, the England team at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow lost in the semi-finals against the Croatian team 1: 2 in extra time

"We played well in the first period, but we achieved the second goal, – he said .- In the second half at one point, we stopped controlling the ball, the game. I do not know why it happened, maybe something put pressure on the guys, and the Croats have great players, and I think if we played like in the first half, we would have won. "

" In overtime, the teams have already shown equal play, just the Croatians have scored, but we are not.Perhaps, the experience of the rival played, after all we have a fairly young composition " , added Southgate. – In general, I'm happy with the game of my team, I can not ask more from them, because compared to two years ago, we have made remarkable progress. I think our fans can be proud of us. "

The coach is confident that his team will be able to fight for victory in the following tournaments." We proved to everyone that we can win, we can achieve the result. We hope to fight for the trophies in the future, "said the English specialist

The head coach of the England team admitted that he would be hard to motivate his players for the match for third place. "The match for third place is not the match you dream of," he stressed. "But when you put on a jersey of the third National team, you always play to win, but in the next 24 hours, it will be very difficult to bring the guys back to their previous psychological state. "In the match for third place, England will play with the Belgian team, the match will take place on July 14 at St. Petersburg.