Gareth Southgate Pleased With England World Cup Performance

Despite their lackluster World Cup group stage performance—a 0-0 stalemate against the United States—England manager Gareth Southgate hailed his team.
The Three Lions cannot expect to “roll through” the competition and “sweep everyone,” according to the England manager.
The Three Lions had high expectations after their 6-2 demolition of Iran in their opening game earlier in the week.

However, they generated fewer opportunities and were under more pressure at the defense against an obstinate and upbeat USMNT.
However, Southgate claimed that he was not surprised by the decline in play from the showing against Iran and that he was happy with a point.
Some commentators, including Roy Keane, Ian Wright, and Gary Neville, believed that England was fatigued and that Southgate erred by benching Phil Foden of Manchester City, but Southgate remained unfazed.

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After the draw, he told ITV, “It was precisely the kind of game I expected it would be.” “A worthy foe who was extremely athletic. I was aware that it would be challenging to match that kind of performance after such a high, so I’m quite impressed with the players’ effort.

“Some of the quality in the last third should have been somewhat better, but we’ve showed amazing tenacity to defend against opponents who kept asking questions,” said one player.
Southgate thought that his squad would need to use various techniques to, if not win, at least avoid losing because of the opponents’ distinct strategy.

“We did a good job of controlling the game from the back, but we just couldn’t get going with that clear-cut opportunity. “This is tournament football, we’re not going to cruise through a tournament, and sweep through everyone without having evenings like that when you’ve got to demonstrate various traits to win the victory,” the coach said. “We didn’t quite have the same zip, but that’s going to happen.”
After losing to Iran 2-0 in the opening round in the third and final group, Southgate anticipated an improvement against Wales.