Southgate rubbishes England's 'favourites' tag
Opta's supercomputer has England as 19.9% favourites to win Euro 2024 in Germany.
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00:00Well, firstly, we're clearly not allowed to bet, but in my experience of bookmakers, the reason
00:09they're favourites in your own country is because more people back your own country and they don't
00:13want to lose any money if it works out that way, so they play a statistical game. There are lots
00:19of teams that could win. I think it's a very open tournament. We're excited about our prospects,
00:26we're experienced, but we know we have to deliver in this moment. Tournaments are a snapshot of a
00:34moment and you've got to deliver your best across the month and that's the challenge we have to hit.