Hurst: England result disappointing but team shows promise
Former England World Cup winner, Sir Geoff Hurst insists that although England’s 2-1 defeat to Spain in the Euro 2024 final was disappointing, the team has come a long way under the leadership of manager Gareth Southgate, and that there is reason to be optimistic for the future. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Bitterly disappointing of course you'd accept and understand that and me along with the other
00:0450 million of us bitterly disappointed with the game the result
00:08But overall and you've got to look at it much more than one game of football. We've all lost one game
00:12I've lost quite a few is the the last few years under Gareth Southgate has been very very good
00:17But overall two two Euros finals the semi-final of the World Cup and you put that in context against the past
00:25Not our past, but the recent past how disappointing it's been with the players we've got and
00:30Very unbelievable. I couldn't possess, you know getting knocked out in the early round in some of it
00:35So I'm as a person as a player, you can't afford to be negative
00:38So I'm not gonna be negative and I'm but I'm negative about the result, of course and losing a match naturally
00:44You're bound to be as an England fan, but overall I think you've got to look at the longer context
00:49It's been very good under Gareth Southgate