Mistakes, arguments and boos: England’s sorry defeat by Iceland might be what they need before Euro 2024
Half an hour after England had been booed off the field, a pre-planned full-time message was still dancing on screens around the perimeter of Wembley Stadium. “NEXT STOP: EURO 2024!” it read. After this performance, it felt like a mild threat.
Iceland won’t be going to the tournament, despite ending Friday night’s friendly as deserved 1-0 winners through an early goal by Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson. But England will catch the Eurostar to Germany on Monday with the crowd’s jeers fresh in their memories.
When Southgate announced on Thursday, there were two schools of thought. The first said that finally he
