Gareth Southgate has told his England players history will look kindly on their stuttering start to Euro 2024 should they go on to glory this summer - with his own team’s “bang average” performances at Euro ’96 as proof.
England escaped a humiliating last-16 exit against Slovakia by the skin of their teeth on Sunday night, with Jude Bellingham’s 95th-minute bicycle-kick forcing extra-time, before Harry Kane’s winner set up a quarter-final meeting with Switzerland next weekend.
