'With what went on in '96, you can't imagine how proud Southgate will be'published at 20:39 British Summer Time 29 June 2021
FT: England 2-0 Germany
Alan Shearer
Former England striker on BBC One
Gareth Southgate will be feeling very very proud tonight and rightly so. Every decision he's made up to now has worked. We were all debating the first game the at the back. Trippier at left back. Then he changes it and goes head-to-head and matches Germany today playing three at the back. Then he makes the change at the right time and brings Grealish on who then changes the game. The wing backs he chose this evening in Trippier coming back and the performance Shaw put in the second half.
With what went on in '96 and him missing the penalty, you can't imagine how proud he'll be in that dressing room tonight. In putting a team out that's actually won a knockout game against Germany.