Southgate, on the bracelet: “In a perfect world I would have made it clear earlier”

Gareth SouthgateEngland coach, complained about extra time in the match against Iran24 minutes between the two parties, and said it caused his team to lose concentration, and about the bracelet controversy he said that “in a perfect world it would have been cleared up before”.

Southgate, after beating Iran 6-2, was happy with the result, but explained that they had aspects to improve on and that one of them was causing a run-in game due to constant stoppages.

“I didn’t like the end of the game, with the two goals we conceded. We need to do better against the United States to avoid too many changes in dominance because they can do a lot of damage to us. There were too many stops and timeouts and we lost our concentration,” he said. Southgate. “I’m happy with our offensive response today, because Iran is a team that struggles to score goals.”he emphasized.

On the main topic of the day, the “OneLove” bracelet, Southgate made sure his players had not been involved in discussions on the matter in the past 24 hours. “The talks are between the federations and FIFA. I understand FIFA’s situation, because you can set a precedent and they don’t know where to draw the line. In an ideal world, this would have been removed earlier, but now we have to focus on football. People know what we stand for,” said Southgaterecalls that his players knelt before the initial whistle for the “Black Lives Matter” movement.

In a more sporty aspect, Southgate confirmed that Harry Kane he was good and they replaced him not because of the “ugly entrance” he suffered, but because this was the ideal moment to give him a break.

On Harry Maguirewho suffered a blow to the head, the English coach insisted that the central defender “felt bad” and there was no point in taking any chances with him.