• Neville’s side face Belgium in friendly on Thursday
Phil Neville has said failure clouded his judgment after England’s World Cup semi-final against the USA and that he regrets calling the third-place play-off a “nonsense game”.
On the eve of Thursday’s friendly against Belgium, the manager said: “I wanted to win so badly. I think that had an effect on me personally when we went to the third- and fourth‑place play-off, because I was always brought up to believe that winning was everything and I still believe that now.
Written by Suzanne Wrack in Leuven
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/28/england-phil-neville-olympics-regrets-dismissing-third-place-tie under the title “Phil Neville turns focus to Olympics and regrets dismissing third-place tie”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
