Gareth Southgate

You can't practice it, but actually having control over situations like that is critical or perception of control.

So we know the techniques that we need to use.

You know, we weren't working to improve an Ivan Tony.

He scores every week.

But we did need to work with Kieran Trippier before Moscow, with Harry Maguire before he buried his one in the top corner against Italy.

So, you know, we could show you video footage of Maguire practising that penalty in training.

Boom, boom, boom.

So that doesn't make it any less difficult.

pressure i'm sure he was still incredibly nervous but he had a routine and and so he feels in control of that moment he knows what he's going to do now you've got to stick to the plan so the you know by the point we got to the all the work had been done it's just reminding them that you've got a process stick with what you what you've been practicing and

Yeah, that was it.

Simple as that, really.

You don't need to be whipping them up at that moment.

Well, there were so many layers to that shootout because there's obviously the personal narrative.

There's the fact...

We had to at least win a knockout.

If the team were going to show progression in that tournament, we needed to win a knockout game.

That's the first knockout game.

So we know before the game, really perceived success or failure of this tournament rests on this knockout game.

Then we go to a penalty shootout.

You know, if we don't change this narrative, you can imagine what the narrative, the stories about me would have been.