'We Will Set The Competition On Fire!' Oh Yeah?

Last updated : 25 June 2015 By Footy Mad - Editor

Coach Gareth Southgate said two weeks ago: "We will set this competition on fire!" and now his side is on the next flight home.

England finished bottom of Group B in the Czech Republic after Wednesday night’s 3-1 defeat by Italy - a result that knocked both teams out.

A draw would have been enough to see the Young Lions through but a comprehensive defeat meant a third successive group-stage exit.

"We’re gutted as a team that we haven’t got there," Tottenham striker Kane told Sky Sports News HQ. "We played well early on and then two minutes in the first half has cost us.

"There are little things over the course of the tournament that we could have done better and I don’t think we ever reached the top of our form, the form we showed in qualification.

"You have to perform on the big stage and we just haven’t done that. We’ve all gained finals experience here and experience like that can only help us.

"Things don’t change overnight and we need to look back over the games and think about what we could have done better."