Paolo Di Canioguest of Sky Sportscommented on the debut of theEngland at Euro 2024: “Now the players would be more predisposed to being coached by a foreign coach. They can’t get in the way as they did in the past, it’s their habit and they don’t care about forming a group. Now they would be more used to a coach foreigner, who guides them on a motivational level. Instead, maybe he gives them a day off.
It can’t work like this, we need to create a mentality in which one lives for this competition: he relaxes, then he has a mission, he talks about it, he compares himself. It’s not in their culture in general, but now it is, because they do it at Real or City.
Then maybe they will win all the matches, but in my opinion Southgate is a good manager in avoiding conflicts, but he has no knowledge of principles, he does not improve the players. In Southgate’s years I have never seen players called upon to do something different. At a collective level, I don’t see great potential for growth through the coach’s ability to convey certain concepts.”