English stars are trying to keep their heads like the same and the hashtags

A hashtag from Gareth Southgate emerged on Twitter during the week that was really superb.

For the uninitiated – and frankly it's time for you to learn this stuff – a hashtag encourages users to post messages on a particular topic. This one was #GarethSouthgateWould, causing floods of messages on fictitious things that the England manager would do, because he's a nice guy, ranging from obscene to gorgeous.

#GarethSouthgateDownloads his portable charger while he is on a percent

#GarethSouthgate would spin the boat and save Brachiosaurus from the Jurassic World

#GarethSouthgateWould politely ask football when he wanted to go back at home first, then contact his parents and ask if it was ok.

also revealed a flood of letters sent by Southgate to young fans who had written to him to express their support after the failure of his infamous Euro 96 penalty.

Then there was also the memes

At the risk that it also becomes a lesson in social media in preview for the quarterfinals of England and Sweden, a meme is a short clip, an image or a phrase broadcast online. Since he defeated Colombia in the round of 16, there have been different reactions to the return of David Baddiel and Frank Skinner in 1996.

Russian President Vladimir Putin plays on a grand piano. Another sees Del Boy of Only Fools and Horses ringing Southgate at a press conference and playing the phone on the gramophone in his apartment while Uncle Albert listens. In another, Ross of Friends tells his monkey Marcel not to put the stereo, but still hits and Three Lions resonates, while Ross, Chandler and Joey dance

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The English national team has been so unpopular for so long, but three wins and one defeat at this World Cup are part of popular culture. "The [media] guys just told me some things [back home]," said Southgate. "I am very aware of the fact that I am far from perfect and that's a good time for us as a team, but the reality is that we are now focusing on Sweden. We have made progress but we have not necessarily had success and we want to move forward.The other night was a fantastic evening for everyone, many important milestones.

"One of our national coaches said that if Carlsberg were doing development games with World Cup experiences, that would be because Carlsberg should really turn that into a meme.

Beautiful Margins

In football, a few millimeters can make the difference between exaltation and defamation. If England lost to Colombia, Southgate admits that some victories against Tunisia and Panama in the group stage and another defeat in the round of 16, extending their run beyond 12 years, would have been perceived differently.

Mateus Uribe the shooting is a few inches lower so he does not hit the crossbar. Carlos Bacca's penalty is slightly more right, and Jordan Pickford does not record it. The penalty of Eric Dier is a fraction other than the tiny gap under David Ospina and he does not win the shootout. And a nation does not spend a week shouting "it's coming home!" To each other as they get off the bus. Always, impossible to please everyone. "We won the other night but I still had some emails – I have to change the address – saying" really good, but you should pick that one and that one "Southgate, 19659002] In the midst of memes and hashtags, packed pubs and flipped pints, further England reached into the tournament, further away they are far from their normal lives, back Most of the players have families in Russia, which they visit in St. Petersburg or sometimes come to the hotel's team in Repino, but the team has developed his own family

Life Experiences

They share life experiences not only at the World Cup, but personal.The wife of Phil Jones had a baby just before the tournament.Family Delph missed the match of the Colombia to return home, with his wife Natalie due to give birth to their third daughter.

In return in Repino, Delph told Jordan Henderson, who missed the first penalty of the shootout and seemed to send In England, he was thinking of asking the Liverpool midfielder to baptize his baby because he thought the miss could have made his wife work. "To be fair to Hendo, he took it very well [it] this morning," said Southgate. "But it's great.We have, as a group, already experienced so many things."

"It's important because I think for all the players it has been nice for their families to have children around the hotel and to meet their parents … you can see how proud they are.

"They also commit themselves a lot to being away during this time As a manager, I do not underestimate that, but everyone wants to be there for another 10 days. "

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