{"id":188649,"date":"2024-06-10T13:45:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/10\/what-englands-euro-2024-team-can-learn-from-the-golden-generation\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T13:45:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:45:33","slug":"what-englands-euro-2024-team-can-learn-from-the-golden-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/10\/what-englands-euro-2024-team-can-learn-from-the-golden-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"What England\u2019s Euro 2024 team can learn from the Golden Generation \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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England\u2019s fabled Golden Generation of the 2000s had everything a top team needs to claim silverware on the international stage. However, time after time at the World Cup and European Championship, the Three Lions came up short.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The reasons for their consistent failures have become more well known with a number of former internationals speaking of their experiences in the punditry arena, but their efforts have already been trumped by Gareth Southgate\u2019s side, who came third at the 2018 World Cup and finished runners-up to Italy at Euro 2020.<\/p>\n

However, as the 58-year wait for a second international tournament triumph lingers on, the likes of Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden must avoid falling into the same traps as their predecessors.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what England can learn from the\u00a0maligned set of 2000s and 2010s stars\u00a0ahead of Euro 2024.<\/p>\n

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Finally put club rivalries aside<\/h2>\n
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Former England stars couldn\u2019t put their rivalries aside \/ Michael Regan\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

The Instagram algorithm is never far away from playing a video of a former England international revealing where it all went wrong under Sven-Goran Eriksson. At least it isn\u2019t for this writer.<\/p>\n

Be it stories of Manchester United stars eating lunch quickly together or Paul Scholes smirking when Steven Gerrard said he never won a league title, the former batch of players simply could not get past the fact that they were\u00a0simultaneously England teammates and Premier League rivals.<\/p>\n

That disconnect reared its ugly head time and time again at international tournaments, but there\u2019s more hope that it won\u2019t be an issue for the current squad at Euro 2024. Their two main leaders in Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham both play in foreign countries, while no top-six side in England outright dominates Southgate\u2019s squad in representation. In fact, it\u2019s Crystal Palace who have most representatives with four.<\/p>\n

Rivalries aside, that\u2019s class.<\/p>\n

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Be selfless for the cause<\/h2>\n
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England were a team of individuals at Euro 2004 \/ Phil Cole\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

The role of club rivalries and selflessness are a little intertwined but it\u2019s a separate issue for Southgate to preside over.<\/p>\n

Back in the Golden Generation\u2019s heyday, Eriksson decided plugging central midfielders into wide roles would make the team great, but instead it denied the side a natural fluency with too many stars wanting to come central to make things happen.<\/p>\n

That particular problem won\u2019t be an issue with the current squad, who are more aware of their strengths and roles, but Southgate cannot allow any of his players to get away with murder, be it a lax work ethic or any attempts to disrupt the squad harmony the manager has worked so hard to implement in recent years.<\/p>\n

Key figures like Kane, Bellingham, Foden and Bukayo Saka have had the importance of hard work and team ethic drummed into them from early ages and it must not be forgotten at Euro 2024.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t believe the hype<\/h2>\n
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England must stay humble during the Euros \/ Ian MacNicol\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

The same problem\u00a0England\u00a0have with every tournament has surfaced again in the build-up to Euro 2024. Pundits from all walks of the media have suggested England simply \u2018should\u2019 or \u2018must\u2019 win the trophy this summer, regardless of their previous record or the star-filled squads of nations like France, Germany and Portugal.<\/p>\n

The Golden Generation undoubtedly got swallowed up by the expectation created by the English media and suddenly believed they were the best players on the planet. That arrogance repeatedly came to the fore in tournament exits to Portugal and Germany and their total failure to qualify for Euro 2008.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to wax lyrical over the Three Lions\u2019 current impressive roster, but make no mistake about it; they\u2019ve won zilch so far. Hey, they even finished their preparations in horrendous fashion by losing 1-0 to bogey team Iceland at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n

There are thankfully some more grounded and self-aware individuals in the setup this time around but if England go into Euro 2024 thinking other teams will fold and they will waltz to victory, things will get nasty quickly. <\/p>\n

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