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Southgate weighing up future after ‘very painful’ loss

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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