Credit players and staff for a good year, admits Gareth Southgate

England boss Gareth Southgate credited the Three Lions’ qualification to next year’s World Cup due to the mentality and impressive performances. The Three Lions convincingly beat San Marino putting ten points on them and sealing the qualification securing first place in Group I.
England faced San Marino on Monday night and needed a draw to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Three Lions achieved their goal in style by scoring ten goals in a single game, for the first time since a friendly against the United States in 1964. Harry Maguire opened the scoring for England before England’s own goal. Filippo Fabbri does not double. their lead, then England captain Harry Kane then invited the spotlight on himself as he scored four goals before the half-time break.
Arsenal star Emile Smith Rowe scored his first international goal on his debut for England’s seventh goal of the competition. Tyrone Mings also scored his first England goal after Dante Rossi was sent off with goals from Tammy Abraham and Bukayo Saka completing the scoring for their country’s biggest win. This saw England seal their World Cup ticket in style as they finished top of Group I and England boss Southgate praised the players’ mentality to get results earlier in the match. qualification phase.
âThe qualification was won in Budapest, Warsaw and Albania. I have to thank all our players and our staff for a very good year. We can’t do anything about the level of opposition but the mentality and the way they applied was great. We knew we were going to win the game. What we wanted was to challenge the team to put on a high level of performance, âSouthgate told ITV.
âWe know the opposition is not strong but the mentality within the squad has shone again and when you have senior players like Conor Coady, Tyrone Mings, Harry Maguire and Harry Kane setting the tone, then c ‘is something for young players to feed on,’ he added.
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