As a team, England DID NOT perform the way you'd expect! - Mario Melchiot on EURO loss | ESPN FC

From Opta - 23 - Since the 2002 UEFA Champions League final, Spanish teams and the Spanish national team have played in 23 major finals (Champions League, UEFA Cup, Europa League, World Cup, European Championship) against non-Spanish teams and won the trophy on all 23 occasions. Campeones.

10 of them against English opposition. Crazy stats!!

You can criticise Southgate as much as you want but the truth is that he’s a small part of the problem. The biggest problem is that most English fans, English media and pundits don’t watch football outside of England and that makes them think so many average players are world class players. A friend of mine was so happy that Rodri was not coming back and he said Zubimendi would be a weak link and I laughed because he never watched Zubimendi played😂. I told him that Zubimendi would start in this English team if he was English and he was looking at me like I am crazy. English league is so exciting because of the money, marketing, commercial reasons therefore can afford the best managers and best players around the world, but in terms of technique and tactics, Spain would always be superior to England. So many complain it’s all the fault of Southgate and belief that all English players are better than Spanish players in head to head and that’s a joke. Spanish players are way more superior to English players in technique and it was never close.

Were is Ole Moreno? Copa America?

England was just within my expectations. My expectations happen to be realistic. They actually over achieved by reaching the finals.

Bellingham is an overrated player .... he had immense help from Croos and Modric playing by his side ..... without them he is nothing but a mediocre player who appears to be great in the company of greats ......

Here goes the media again, blaming it on the kid with the dark skin. Disgraceful! We need to get past the obsession with individuals in English football culture. It's a team sport, as Spain demonstrated admirably!

jude is overrated

Gareth is now looking the Eastgate 😂

Fully agree with Stevie here this team they were garbage throughout the entire tournament. Had they been placed on the other side of the draw they wpuldnt have even made it to the final. They were garbage and they deserved to lose. Spain were the better side period

England lost because Spain were a lot better.

There’s nothing special about Bellingham, not among best passers of the ball, not among best dribblers, not among best playmakers.

I haven't missed a single video as it relates to England postmortem😂. Back to back Euro final lost. Great to see

England needs a new manager, new goalkeeper, 4 new defenders, 3 new midfielders (specially a playmaker), 2 new wingers and new striker and 11 new substitutes.
After that, everything will be fine.

Its a english sports media...of course they will mainly speak on england instead of spain

Hola soy Luis de la fuente y si yo entrenase a Inglaterra o Francia veríais como exprimo las cualidades de cada jugador.

Bellingham and Foden and Saka stinkers

Bellongnam is a wack job, he is awful. He hypnotuze everyone. He is very a average the oitch and had a terrible game

It wouldn't be "white" if we didn't make the black playe, the scapegoat. When Harry Kane play like trash , Phil Foden hot garbage. But no, let's blaming on a commercial before the tournament. Even we haven't win sh..t in 58 years. Missed me with that

Typical England. Southgate, Kane and Foden were all terrible but ah no let's blame the black kid who scored the overhead kick to get them there. Same on last Euros where Saka got all the stick when the idiot manager who has no tactical nous and basically here because he got nice vibes. I think this thing has a name, and it starts with an R and ends in -ism. I'm so happy they lost. They don't deserve any happiness.

An advert? Yeah that'd be it. Support your team and your players, fkn entitled cry babies

Bellingham could not impact any of the games coz Kane was getting in his way and he was also played out of position.

As a Real Madrid fan, I would love nothing more than the English not asking Jude to be part of their national team. Less chances of him getting injured and he will less likely be subjected to moronic tactics. England had a moron manager and now some imbecile fans and media pundits calling him overrated. I really hope he retires internationally and let them fail alone without dragging him into it.

Exactly.... this is not a TEAM...
but an overpaid, underwhelming collection of egos.

Since when are the losers the focus of attention. It's not is if they were the best team and had a shocking loss. There were at least three teams that were considered better than England so all this coverage has an English bias that's reflected on the panel. I thought ESPN was a American company, seems not enough tea was thrown in Boston Harbor.

the press keep feeding the egos. and in reply, the fans point the finger at the most humble servant of the team, Kane. lol. keep it up.

England must introspect and be grateful

The thumbnail, poor Bellingham 😨🙄.

This is the agè old problem with England..Pin the reasons for failure on the poster boy...first it was beckham , then rooney , then kane and now Jude...the issue starts with idol worship philosophy...Spain won becoz there was no particular superstar status afforded to any player...

I don't want to say the other name LOL 😂

Bellandham is overrated. Carried by Madrid and made to look better than he actually is. This tournament exposed him for the fraud he is

They did exactly what was expected.

Lost to the first quality side they faced.

Talented squad ruined by the FA!!! Playing favourites rather than picking the best! 😂

All the experimenting should have been done before the tournament. Southgate had some great players in the bench, and he came to the tournament like he was not prepared

English players are overrated all the times by the pundits and actually they are just average .
Excessive praise is the main reason for the failire of England team.

They lost to by far the better team just get on with it

Continue the hype guys
This guy is a fraud and the pundits will kill his career sooner than later
The guy is not what you made him to be and it got into his head
He is spending more time directing his teammates more than playing
Sooner or later it all will come out!

Spain has won 2-3 international football trophies in the last 15 years alone....but i am surprised how hungry they are compared to England....

Hopes are high in England regarding football.And it ain't happening again.

Idolizing not so sure about that. I love football but my only idol is GOD

English media trying to dent his chances of winning tha balon ndor. Smearing him. They don't want a black kid of their national team to win it. The dirtiest media in the World.

Completely agree with Stevie and Mario….the team did not perform and lost to a better team, full stop…..looking for scape goats does not make any sense

😂😂😂

What about Foden? 008 😂

Captaincy of Kane looks a bigger problem than Southgate, just give captaincy to Saka 🥲

I am a fan and big supporter of the English premier league for most of my life. Always exciting. But let's be real and honest, the difference between the Premier league and the English National team is chalk and cheese. From adminsitration to coaches to team system of playing and discipline there is nothing to compare. Let's not forget that most of the real stars and coaches of the Premier League are not English. That says something about the focus, philosophy and development of English national football. Lots of 'BS' behind the scenes. Also so much hype by media, driven commercially, about English players. Reality, for every "English football star" in every position, there is at least 5 players in the world out there that are equal if not better, that do not get the same media attention. How many fans heard of the many spanish players??...... In my lifetime, I would love to celebrate an English team winning the World Cup or Euro tournament. For that to happen, the FA needs to be honest, sober up and re-invent a future philosophy, culture and system of play for the English National teams. And then select the players that fit the system. The word "stars" is commercial nonsense. So called stars cannot win without the collective team . I Remain hopeful.

ahh yes let’s blame the Black player for the whole team’s failures…

Steve Nicol had been there and done it and is always 100%

It all comes down to the coach. Pep, sir alex, ancellotti won trophies because they are/were great coaches. Period

He is great talent, but there were times it seems he wanted to do it alone during the tournament