Gareth Southgate

all of this has been made public over the last few years really so I don't feel like I'm giving away intellectual property that's going to cost England next year but they analysed everything from the moment the referee blows the final whistle to

So, actually, how long have we got to talk to the team?

Because we don't want to talk too early and then the players are hanging around.

Well, actually, we know there's at least three and a half minutes.

Why?

Because every TV station in the world goes to a commercial break and they won't start the penalty shootout earlier than that.

So, okay, so we've got three and a half minutes.

What are we doing in that time?

What do the players need at that moment?

What type of communication?

And then you're going through.

And what was the type of communication they needed?

Well, had to be really clear, concise.

you know, in moments of pressure, when I talk to people from the military or, you know, they're used to communicating and there's got to be, you know, less is good.

I think, you know, you can't be using elaborate language.

You can't be talking for too long because the ability to take information on at that moment is really difficult.

You know, half time is tough, but

end of a game waiting for a penalty shootout really really concise again I think I got better at that we had four shootouts by the last one we'd cleared all everybody away all the subs away communication I'd kind of prepared it the day before because I knew if we're at that moment I know exactly what needs to be said what did you say in your final one

basically reassurance that you've got a process, you know, we're in control.

So one of the important things was the narrative for years was it's a lottery.