The England football team finished the World Cup in Qatar with a defeat against France, and after the match, the defender of “Proud Albion”, Harry Maguire, expressed his impressions.
The often criticized and disputed Maguire believes that England lost undeservedly.
– When you go to these big games, you go with the mindset of taking care of the performance. And that’s not what you can do in these big games. You have to look after the performance and then not look after the result. And I think this is one of those nights where we were the better team throughout the night, created more chances, and even created more pressure. We dominated the ball, but that’s football and that’s why everyone loves this game, especially tournament football. It’s about big moments in big times, and we didn’t take ours, each of us – began the defender of Manchester United.
He then touched on criticism of himself.
– I don’t look at myself, I look at the team. I played every game. I’m proud of my mentality of proving myself, I don’t really have to prove it to others. But right now I’m not looking at myself, I’m looking at the team.
Coach Gareth Southgate also deserved praise.
– Garrett was amazing with me, amazing with every player in the team. I’m sure if you asked every player in the team, they couldn’t say anything bad. The way this team has been built and developed over a period of time, I think we lost it tonight. However, they are world champions. But if we are completely honest tonight, we were much better in many segments. But they are the champions of the World Cup for a reason – said the defender, then continued.
– The only thing I would say about this group is that we belong to this scene now. It belongs to us to play in these big games and it belongs to us to play in these big tournaments. Not so much, as I think we proved that tonight, even though we lost the game.
It was very quiet in the England dressing room after the defeat, and it reminded Maguire of the duel with Croatia four years ago in Russia.
– This is tournament football. As I said, you can only watch the performance. I felt like it was four years ago against Croatia. We didn’t play well enough to qualify for the final – concluded Maguire.
