Emmanuel Petit has admitted he feels sorry for Gareth Southgate, but has no idea what game plan he’s trying to implement. England stuttered to a 2-1 win over Slovakia in the last 16 on Sunday night following an underwhelming Euro 2024 group stage. Jude Bellingham pulled off an overhead kick to pull his country level at the death, before Harry Kane netted the winner in extra time to save England's Euro campaign - but there are still many questions marks over the Three Lions' performances.
Before his talkSPORT commentary duty began for France’s last 16 win against Belgium Petit detailed what he thought was going wrong for them. When quizzed on Southgate, the France legend told Euro Game Day Live: “Sometimes I feel pity for him because I’m pretty sure he’s a nice guy, a good guy. “Managing the team he has done many good things you know in the past with the national team but he never got silverware.
“This competition looks like what I saw in 2000 with the great generation of English players. [Paul] Scholes, Steven Gerrard and more and more beautiful players. “And they haven’t done anything.
So yes, I can understand the frustration from the fans because I share them. “But I don’t understand sometimes because I always found it’s choices for the manager. It’s a hard job.
But when I look [at] what Southgate tried to do, I have no idea what he wants to do. “I don’t know what he’s trying to do. The key you know for the English team, is it possession of t.
