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Southgate weighing up future after ‘very painful’ loss
England manager Gareth Southgate before the UEFA Euro 2024 final match at the Olympiastadion, Berlin. Picture date: Sunday July 14, 2024

GARETH SOUTHGATE says he has to decide whether it is right for both him and the team to continue as England manager after overseeing a second European Championship final defeat.

Hopes of joining Sir Alf Ramsey’s 1966 World Cup winners in England immortality ended in the same way as the nation’s first appearance in a men’s continental final against Italy three years ago.

Penalties proved England undoing in the Euro 2020 showpiece against Italy and this time Spain sealed a deserved 2-1 win as substitute Mikel Oyarzabal struck four minutes from time.

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