England suffer Iceland embarrassment in final Euro warm-up

LONDON – Gareth Southgate insisted England's embarrassing 1-0 defeat against Iceland in their final warm-up before Euro 2024 will serve as a useful reality check for his title contenders.

Against a team ranked 72nd in the world, who were unable to qualify for the Euros, Cole Palmer, Anthony Gordon and Kobbie Mainoo all failed to make compelling cases to be included in the starting line-up at the Euros. "I'm confident we will be better than tonight. Everybody's saying we're going to go there and walk through the tournament. The reality of international football isn't that."

Bored fans spent most of the night entertaining themselves by buzzing the pitch with paper aeroplanes and few stayed for the post-match lap of honour. "We can't hide the fact that we have a lot of physical issues. We haven't had the core of the team together yet. Whether those decisions prove wise will be determined over the next month in Germany, but the absence of Maguire could be especially damaging.

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