England suffered a tough elimination in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where the current champion, France, beat them in the ninety minutes to win to reach the top four in the tournament.
However, within the England team they have not been able to get over their astonishment at losing the match against France and not achieving the result despite the good performance of all their players and one of those who regretted the elimination was Declan Rice, who He did not agree that a selection like theirs was not a semifinalist.
“In my opinion the best team has lost tonight and this proves our level. We had regained confidence and the people believed in us again, the country pushed us. For some years it was not the case. We are proud,” Rice said at the end of the game against France.
Similarly, the 23-year-old player spoke about his coach Gareth Southagte and said he was happy with the work done by him and that he wants to see him in the process towards another World Cup despite the criticism received.
“I hope he stays, many things are said, he has received a lot of undeserved criticism. It’s not his fault what happened, the tactics were good, we played the way we had to play, we were aggressive and we stopped Mbappé”, concluded Rice, current West Ham player.
