England under-21 boss Gareth Southgate watched on as his side exit the European Championship at the group stage
The England national team is often overrated, overhyped and overpaid. However, this summer’s under-21 European Championship was supposed to be the one were England’s young Lions actually lived-up to the hype.
Gareth Southgate’s team were beaten 3-1 by the Azzurrini’s of Italy and exited the competition on Wednesday night.
They will go down as yet another England team that failed at international level, as they finished bottom of their group.
Optimism
There was cause for optimism at the start of the campaign, as the likes of John Stones, Harry Kane, Saido Berahino and Danny Ings were named in a supposedly strong squad. Maybe that…