Gareth Southgate
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Look, you're talking about a system in Spain that has produced some of the best midfield players in the world forever.
So at the moment, we are a different profile of players.
We can't play the way they want to play, but with our back players and the way they take responsibility on the ball, we can move the ball.
When some of our guys are a bit fitter and match fitter, I think we'll function a bit better further up the pitch.
We've got to keep working at what we're trying to do.
It takes time and we've come a long way in a period of time.
Today was as tough a test as you could face in terms of the pressing and playing a team that are so comfortable in possession.
They did for spells, but again, because the press was so good and...
We can give some thought to that.
But if we go to four at the back, we end up with different problems and the solutions won't be so straightforward.
We have to keep reviewing and constantly looking at what we do.
But I think at the moment we stick to the plan, we stick with what we're doing.
We just have to get better at doing it.
Yeah, yeah, excellent.
I think young players, thankfully it looks like Luke is up and talking and needs to be assessed, but great ball for the goal.
Marcus has had a really good impact on the game.
He's scored, had a great save from the header, got through on the other chance, so
For a young striker, he's had a really good impact on the game and I thought Gomez's defending was excellent, really, very, very good.
So there are lots of individual positives for us and for me as a collective, they've given absolutely everything and found a way to get back into the game and I've got to commend them for that because that was a really, really tough test.
Yeah, I think it's there.