The Republic of Ireland and England They face each other this Saturday in a match corresponding to the 1st day of group 2 of League B of League of Nations. One of the great novelties is the availability of Lee Carsley50, as interim coach after the departure of Gary Southgate.
Well, its premiere was surrounded by huge controversy when it was learned that the coach had no plans to sing the anthem, the ‘God Save the King’ in the preludes to the game.
This drew heavy criticism from the English media, who went so far as to say that if he couldn’t sing it he wasn’t fit to coach the British team.
Among the explanations given was that despite being English by birth, Carsley He played 40 games in an Ireland shirt because his grandparents were from there.
The coach himself explained that “singing the anthem is something that I always have a problem with when I play Ireland. “I have great respect for both musics and I understand how important they are to both countries.”
And he added that the problem is “the gap between your warm-up, your entering the field and the delay in the music. So that’s something I’ve never done. I’m always focused on the game and my first action in the game. I really learned that at that time I was afraid of my thoughts.”
Source: La Verdad
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