DUSSELDORF, Germany — Despite being a quarterfinalist, England doesn’t feel it has much to celebrate at Euro 2024.
Such is the gloom surrounding the team’s substandard performances that attacker Phil Foden even admitted he “feels sorry” for Gareth Southgate, on account of all the criticism the head coach has been receiving.
However, there is one factor that may provide some rare and unexpected solace. Believe it or not, and many will need an extra helping of proof for this one, England may no longer have to live in fear of penalty shootouts.
Shootouts, otherwise known in England for the past three decades as “dreaded” penalty shootouts; otherwise known as the brutal test of nerve that decides games still tied after extra-time in the Euros’ knockout round; have been the bane of the Three Lions’…
