Grealish explained reasons for not taking a penalty in England vs Italy, final, Euro Cup | EuroCup 2021

Why are the penalty takers the youngest and most inexperienced in a Eurocup final? It is the question that several critics are asking themselves this Monday, after the defeat by that route of England against Italy.

Roy Keane, former Manchester United and now a TV commentator, accused Grealish and Raheem Sterling of evading responsibility: “If you’re Sterling or Grealish, you can’t just stand there and let a young man like Saka pitch in front of you.
You can not. You can’t let a 19-year-old get ahead of you. They have much more experience. Sterling has won titles. They have to get up and shoot before the kid. “

Immediately, Grealish himself replied on his social media: “I said I wanted to collect one! The coach has made so many correct decisions throughout this tournament and he did it tonight! But I will not let people say no I wanted to charge when I said I would. “

In fact, it was leaked what the order of the collectors would be after the first successful turns of Kane and Maguire. This was the list:

3. Rashford
4. Sancho
5. Saka
6. Pickford
7. Phillips

The truth of it is England failed three collections in a row, just with its youngest collectors, for which Southgate has been heavily criticized. That and the handling of the second half have him in their sights.

“For sure this team can be better and can improve. They have seen the young players that we have won in this tournament and they have been absolutely fantastic. It has been incredible to work with the players and tonight is going to be extremely difficult, of course, and you have to feel that disappointment because opportunities to win trophies like this are very rare in your life. But when they reflect what they have done, they should be incredibly proud of themselves, “said the coach at a press conference.