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Posted: 2024-07-15 00:53:59

Can you ever get used to continued instances of footballing heartbreak?

Gareth Southgate must be wondering.

England's second consecutive European Championship final loss, a 2-1 defeat against a magnificent Spain team, is just the latest blow that Southgate has had to absorb in his tortured England career as both a player and coach.

"It is going to take a while to pick the bones out of it really," a dejected Southgate said at full-time.

"We've competed until the very end of the final. I think today we didn't keep possession of the ball quite well enough. We defended well but when you win the ball back you need to get out of that pressure and we weren't able to do that. 

"That said, we got the equaliser and then it was wide open. 

"A big chance at the end to equalise so as always it is fine margins."

Fine margins indeed.

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