Euro 96 team-mates hail Gareth Southgate s inspirational Germany redemption
Southgate has never hidden from the most heartbreaking penalty miss in English football history, but enduring emotion was still laid bare
30 June 2021 • 9:08pm
Gareth Southgate has experienced contrasting emotions against Germany
Credit: GETTY IMAGES Redemption for Gareth,” tweeted Tony Adams, who was Gareth Southgate’s centre-back partner and England’s captain at Euro ’96. For the 27 million viewers who were also watching England’s historic 2-0 victory against Germany, there would be an accompanying life lesson.
Kelly Somers, the BBC interviewer, knew the wider personal significance of playing Germany at Wembley and so, at this moment of triumph, took the England manager back 25 years to the most traumatic experience of his professional life.
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