{"id":96874,"date":"2023-12-03T08:14:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T08:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/?p=96874"},"modified":"2023-12-03T08:14:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T08:14:29","slug":"gareth-southgate-plays-down-expectations-in-group-c-at-euro-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopsmokingway.com\/soccer\/gareth-southgate-plays-down-expectations-in-group-c-at-euro-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Gareth Southgate plays down expectations in Group C at Euro 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> England boss Gareth Southgate plays down expectations in Group C at Euro 2024 and claims that Joe Hart is to thank for him still being in charge of the Three Lions<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Southgate has downplayed his side&#8217;s chances in Group C at Euro 2024<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Three Lions have been drawn against Slovenia, Denmark and Serbia\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0We expected perfection from VAR &#8211; we haven&#8217;t got it: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>England boss Gareth Southgate has downplayed his side&#8217;s chances in Group C at Euro 2024 after avoiding several big countries in the draw.<\/p>\n<p>The Three Lions will face Serbia, Slovenia and Denmark as they look to go one better than at Euro 2020 and win the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a repeat of the semi-final that year against Denmark, with the Danes out for revenge.<\/p>\n<p>While England are firm favourites to qualify from their group, boss Southgate has downplayed their chances of winning it with ease as he said:\u00a0\u00a0&#8216;You can look at it on paper but the games aren&#8217;t played on paper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There are some teams that you are glad to avoid in Pot 3 and Pot 4 but all of the teams that we play are more than capable.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/19\/78507797-0-image-a-72_1701546774602.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England boss Gareth Southgate has downplayed his side&#8217;s chances in Group C at Euro 2024 after avoiding several big countries in the draw<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/19\/78507993-0-image-a-73_1701546844243.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Three Lions are one of the favourites going into the tournament as they seek glory<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/02\/19\/78508019-0-image-a-75_1701546905557.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Southgate made an honest admission about Joe Hart, who he believes may have saved his job in the early stages against Euro 2024 opponents Slovenia<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>He continued to go into detail on England&#8217;s opponents, starting with discussing Serbia and a former Premier League star.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You look at Serbia with a centre forward like Aleksander Mitrovic and then you have to be careful not to assume anything when you see these draws,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Southgate continued to make an honest admission about his start to life as England manager as his side faced Slovenia in his early reign.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8216;Slovenia was one of the first games I had as England manager. I will always remember Joe Hart made a save that day that if he didn&#8217;t make, I might not be still England manager so you do think back to those moments.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The England boss finalised by looking ahead to Euro 2024 and discussing how his side will prepare as they look to win the tournament in Germany.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re now able to work out our bases, opposition [for warm-up games], where we stay so it just gives us a bit more clarity now the draw is done,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re hugely excited to be part of the tournament, we know the expectation at home, we&#8217;ve developed a lot as a team in the last few years and we&#8217;re getting used to these big games so we&#8217;re ready for that expectation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We hope we can give our supporters some more brilliant nights as I think we have in the last few tournaments.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12818343\/England-Euro-2024-Gareth-Southgate-Group-C.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England boss Gareth Southgate plays down expectations in Group C at Euro 2024 and claims that Joe Hart is to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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