Speaking ahead of his book launch, the former England manager reveals why losing 3-2 to Italy on penalties saw him change strategy for the entire team team

Too much practice made Marcus Rashford imperfect, according to Gareth Southgate, who says this is the reason why the striker missed the infamous Euro 20 final penalty.

In fact, the former England boss was so sure that he changed the strategy for the entire team after Italy won 3-2 on penalties.

He says: “We actually practiced a little bit less.”

Southgate, whose book Dear England is out this month, was speaking to Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes on the High Performance podcast - explaining his reason for bringing on Rashford late to take the controversial penalty, which resulted in him receiving terrible racist abuse.

He says: “I d

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