England will play their first overseas final when they meet Spain in Berlin on Sunday.
Gareth Southgate says England must be “exceptional” in and out of possession if their first final on foreign soil is to end in Euro 2024 glory against team of the tournament Spain.
This is the first time an English men’s team has made it to a major final overseas and a second successive continental final for a side that lost on penalties to Italy at the end of the last edition.Spain are sure to pose an almighty challenge and Southgate knows England will have to be at their absolute best against an in-form side who have had an extra day to prepare if they are to join the 1966 World Cup team in immortality.
“But it’s a final, you expect it to be that way. They’ve been the best team. We’re starting to show a better version of ourselves.“The extra day is a concern. You know, in the last few tournaments that’s been a problem for finalists, so we’ve got to do the very best we can to recover the players as well as we can.
“There won’t be any wild parties. We’ve had a couple of those already, so we pick our moments for those. “We’re more calm going into the knockout games because the first time we did it in Russia we hadn’t won a knockout game for 10 years. “But the last final was the first final, first European Championship final, I’d ever managed, so if I didn’t get everything right apologies for that but we’ll try and do better this week.”
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