VIDEO: Southgate celebrates win, emphasizes squad balance importance
The England manager spoke about fitting the right players into the team tactics after his side's 3-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Cole Palmer scored his first England goal as the Chelsea forward's penalty inspired a 3-0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Monday's Euro 2024 warm-up.
"I’m pleased with the intensity of the game firstly, it was an important game in terms of the physical aspect and also to play against a back five which is what we could well play against in the first couple of matches," Southgate told reporters.
"Needing to find solutions to that against a team who had a threat on the counter-attack so we had to be vigilant to the way we played. The scoreline reflected the performance, it was fair. Individual performances, there were numerous good ones," he concluded.
"I’m pleased with the intensity of the game firstly, it was an important game in terms of the physical aspect and also to play against a back five which is what we could well play against in the first couple of matches," Southgate told reporters.
"Needing to find solutions to that against a team who had a threat on the counter-attack so we had to be vigilant to the way we played. The scoreline reflected the performance, it was fair. Individual performances, there were numerous good ones," he concluded.
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