Euro 2020: A touch of fortune - but Southgate gets it right again as Three Lions head for dream final
The award seemed generous for a perceived foul on Raheem Sterling, and Kane's kick was saved before he gleefully seized on the rebound.But Southgate got his tactics right, even to the extent of saving multiple substitutions for extra time, when Danish legs were clearly tiring.
When he got the main job, a few months after a miserable Euro 2016 exit under Roy Hodgson against Iceland - Iceland! - critics said he was an FA yes man, and too nice. Southgate trusts his players - but clamps down hard if lines are crossed, as when Phil Foden and Mason Greenwood were sent home last year from a trip to Iceland for breaching COVID rules.
Like Southgate, Sir Alf had his critics for his pragmatic style of play. It was revolutionary in the 1960s to play without wingers, but he promised the"wingless wonders" would beat the world on home soil.