Dream broken Wembley!
Young England lacks a "championship heart"
When Donnarumma blocked Saka’s penalty this morning to help Italy secure the Delaunay Cup, the England coach Southgate lowered his head helplessly. This scene looked like 25 years ago and lost a penalty. Suo Shuai, the ball player, bowed his head and walked back to the center line. Behind him is the figure of Mueller and the German celebrating the victory... The Three Lions lost in the semifinals to their own fragile psychological quality. This morning's finals, The distance between the young Englishman and the summit of Europe is still the "heart of champions."
Lack of championship experience
Looking at the coaching resumes of the coaches of both sides in the finals, the biggest difference is not in appearance and age, but in honor.
Compared with Mancini, who won the Premier League, Serie A and other top competitions, Southgate has only won the Toulon Cup once.
In other words, the coaching staff of the England team, even though they have the best lineup in decades in their hands, lacks championship experience from coaches to players, and this has become a fatal injury.
From the pre-match preparations, Southgate's fate has gradually been exposed.
At the press conference, he took the initiative to state that Foden's injury situation is unclear, and he bluntly said that the team needs to show better performance.
Before the regular game, there will be no problem with such a statement, but when facing the finals of the Intercontinental Championship, "doing subtraction" can often achieve better results. On the other side, calmly discussing the venue and weather conditions, and then sending it to the players. Mancini with a few words of praise is just an old world.
Stepping onto the field, the nature of the rookie for the championship was once again exposed. After Luke Shaw scored early, the England coach still looked worried. Such an expression conveyed a lot of negative energy to the players.
However, after the Italians adjusted their lineup in the second half, the coaching staff of the Three Lions was a little confused in the big scene. Several substitutions failed to achieve the expected results. The mentality of the players was also unbalanced. In the penalty shoot-out, the last moment of the game was pulled. The best proof is that Shford and Sancho missed consecutive penalties.
No wonder the former Dutch international Van der Vaart said bluntly, "England has a stronger lineup than Italy, but they are coached by a coach who lacks championship experience. His choices and decisions are regrettable."
Power change pressure
This is the England team with the youngest average age in the past 20 years. Being young represents aggressiveness. It is precisely because of the almost invincible performance at Wembley that fans have confidence in this team's victory.
However, the motivation that should have been brought by the home game has turned into pressure after the mistakes of the Three Lions players.
At Wembley this morning, Prince William is here, Beckham is here, Tom Cruise is also here, maybe in addition to Italian and Scottish fans, the whole world is looking forward to the England team's first win of the Delaunay Cup Moment, but this situation has made the young people think more.
The laughter during the warm-up before the first few games was replaced by a serious face. Within 2 minutes of the start of the game, the goalkeeper Pickford passed the ball out of bounds without the opponent pressing... When the lead was eroded, the English player Began to become concerned about gains and losses, almost using the "no goal, no goal, no goal" method, played the last 20 minutes of regular time and overtime.
Mourinho, who watched the live broadcast in Rome, said bluntly: “England’s players are under too much pressure and play very painful. I hope they can relax. If the team has not smiled on the field, the results will generally not be ideal.” Back, the Portuguese marshal became a confession.
"This European Championship is a great journey, the result may not be good, but we have just set sail." After missing the European Championship, the official social media of the England team updated such a text.
Indeed, Southgate’s transformation of the Three Lions will not be stopped because of the defeat in the finals. The talented young players also have a lot of opportunities to prove themselves in the Intercontinental Games, but their next priority is perhaps It is to ask those legendary predecessors 55 years ago how to cultivate a heart strong enough to win the championship.
(Xinmin Evening News reporter Lu Weixin)