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Lily Allen made a cheeky dig at England’s manager Gareth Southgate , as she and podcast co-host Miquita Oliver discussed the team’s performance so far in the Euro 2024 championships. The Three Lions have come under heavy criticism for what many have branded a dismal showing in their matches to date. On Sunday (30 June), Jude Bellingham equalised in the 96th minute to save England from a “humiliating defeat”, with Harry Kane scoring the winning goal in extra time.

This saw them advance to a quarter-final game with Switzerland, which will take place on Saturday 6 July. Allen recalled the last time she was interested in international football, when Southgate “lost it for us”. “That was the joke at the time: ‘What’s the quickest way out of the Euros? Via Southgate,’” she quipped.



“Still as relevant as ever!” Defending Southgate, Oliver said she felt he had done a “beautiful job with these boys but they have not been winning”. “Yeah so therefore it’s not a beautiful job,” Allen retorted. “Isn’t that the point? You can’t positivity your way out of this one.

” When Oliver claimed that Sunday’s match had been “great football”, the “Smile” star butted in: “Wasn’t it just one minute of great football?” As the pair burst out laughing, she added: “I think we can rephrase it and say, there was one minute on Sunday where some great football was played.” “You know what [England] are like though, ‘That’s all we needed!’�.

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