A hangover day.
After the defeat on penalties for the English in a Euro that seemed promised to them after a 55-year wait, the English press is almost unanimous.
For her vast majority, she is holding back the tears of her 19-year-old Bukayo Saka, who precipitated the fall of the English house after missing the last shot on goal.
The pride of the nation pic.twitter.com/pabuy3aoeH
- The Sun (@TheSun) July 11, 2021
This image symbolizes the dismay and sadness of an entire country, which so believed to register its name for the first time on the Euro charts.
Supported by England coach Gareth Southgate, who himself missed a shot on goal in 1996 in the Euro semi-final against the Germans, the Arsenal player was inconsolable.
His tears moved the whole of the English press, which for the most part displays the same cliché in one.
Guardian front page, Monday July 12, 2021: So close pic.twitter.com/l9dtS9bn26
- The Guardian (@guardian) July 11, 2021
Thus, The Independent retains only "tears for the heroes".
While the Daily Mail regrets that “it all ends in tears”.
The Daily Telegraph believes that "this is going to hurt".
For The Journal, it was “simply written”.
In the same vein, the Daily Express thinks that “it will hurt… But we are so proud of you.
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Monday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/I2DBDZKWbb
- Daily Mail UK (@DailyMailUK) July 11, 2021
Southgate spared the press
Despite the defeat, the English press continues to be behind its national team.
For Metro, “the Lions made us proud”.
Just like The Sun which is "proud of the Lions" and which recalls that "England has lost again in the penos, but do not forget the guys, the World Cup is in one year only", continues the tabloid.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'The ultimate agony ... penalties heartbreak again' # TomorrowsPapersToday
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- The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 11, 2021
Even Gareth Southgate is spared his choice to have young players shoot during the penalty shootout (Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and therefore Bukayo Saka).
“We salute the magnificent men of Gareth Southgate, England's biggest and friendliest team in half a century,” continues The Sun.
As the Daily Mail writes: “Southgate forged a team that really brought the country together.
England played as if the lives of the players depended on it, but it just wasn't enough.
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The Times retains, him, “the curse of the penalties. England have in fact won only 22% of their penalty shoot-out sessions (2 out of 9) at the World Cups and European Championships, the lowest percentage among European teams having played at least three sessions. Just like The Guardian, which notes that the title was "so close". But finally so far ...