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There are few more high-pressured positions in England than taking on the role of the country’s soccer manager. Known as The Impossible Job, it’s a position that comes with expectations topping any other national team job. In overseeing the country’s obsession, the manager’s decisions come face to face with 55 million other opinions, each unafraid to fiercely voice them.
Of all those who’ve taken on the role since England’s sole tournament victory in 1966, nobody has come closer to success than current manager Gareth Southgate. At his first tournament in charge, he took the team to the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup. He went one step better at the following Euros. England reached its first final in 55 years. One year later at the 2022 World Cup, England was a Harry Kane penalty miss away from a possible victory over France at the Qatar World Cup.
And yet there remains a large proportion of England fans who are wholly unconvinced by his ability to lead the team to glory come this summer’s Euros.
A large part of that comes from the knowledge that he has at his disposal one of the finest selections of players that the country has seen. It is a squad that should be able to finally lay to rest those years of heartbreaking defeats, missed opportunities, and out-and-out failure. The heralded ‘golden generation’ of Beckham, Rooney, Lampard, Ferdinand, Gerrard, Scholes and more could not get it done. The current crop of players are proven talents at the top of their game, they can lead England to glory.
In short, this is undeniably Southgate’s most important decision of his time as England manager. There will be little forgiveness if he gets it wrong.
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Author : Matthew Walsh
Publish date : 2024-05-19 13:00:00
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