'These are not normal football matches' - Southgate on Euros pressure
Gareth Southgate speaks on the pressure of Euro 2024 following England's shootout win over Switzerland
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00:00Our intention is always to play well with the ball. You play an opponent. In football,
00:07you have an opponent that's trying to stop you. These are not normal football matches.
00:11These are national events with huge pressure, with really young men. Our team has been under
00:15enormous pressure from the start. They're doing so well, so well. We're not able to
00:21score a load of goals at the moment, but again, we've played three teams that play back five.
00:26Very well organised defences. Pitches are a little bit bobbly, so sometimes you need
00:33the extra touch. As you have the extra touch, the space is gone. None of it is easy. None
00:39of this stuff is easy, but we're in a third semi-final in four tournaments. For the staff
00:43and players that have been involved in all of that, I think that's a pretty good achievement,
00:48but it's not where we want it to end.