Euro 2020: Event a failure if England do not attain semis – Southgate

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England manager Gareth Southgate says failing to reach the semi-finals at Euro 2020 will be classed as a failure.

The Three Lions reached the last four of the 2018 World Cup and a run to the final would see them play all but one of their games at Wembley.

Asked if anything less than reaching the semi-finals would be deemed a failure, Southgate replied: “Yeah, it probably will.

“I think we’re realistic about that, we have to live with that expectation.”

And he added: “Are we ready to win? Well, we’ve been to two semi-finals so the next step is to try to go further.”

Southgate named his 26-man squad for Euro 2020, which begins on 11 June, on Wednesday.

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