England suffer Iceland embarrassment in final Euro warm-up

London: Gareth Southgate insisted England s embarrassing 1 0 defeat against Iceland in their final warm up before Euro 2024 will serve as a useful rea...

London: Gareth Southgate insisted England's embarrassing 1-0 defeat against Iceland in their final warm-up before Euro 2024 will serve as a useful reality check for his title contenders.

Southgate's side had hoped for a confidence-boosting victory at Wembley on Friday before travelling to Germany as one of the Euro favourites.

But Jon Dagur Thorsteinsson's first half goal spoiled England's farewell and led to the lacklustre hosts being booed off at half-time and the final whistle.

Against a team ranked 72nd in the world, who were unable to qualify for the Euros, Cole Palmer, Anthony Gordon and Kobbie Mainoo all failed to make compelling cases to be included in the starting line-up at the Euros.

"We have to be better. We didn't get our pressing right. There were questions asked that we weren't able to answer," Southgate said.