Goalkeeper jordan pickford

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford: England manager Gareth Southgate admitted he has found the "personal criticism" of his management "difficult" but asserted that his team will not stop fighting as they entered the semifinals of the Euro 2024 after a thrilling victory over Switzerland on penalties.

England and Switzerland were 1-1 at the end of the extra time. Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford saved Manuel Akanji's penalty in the shootout to steal a win in the quarterfinal on Saturday. England had their all penalties converted by Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, Saka, Ivan Toney and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

"I wanted us to regain credibility on the world stage. So I can't deny that when it is as personal as it has been in the past few weeks, on a human level that is quite difficult. But we are fighting, we won't stop fighting and we're in another semifinal and we'll see where we can get to," Southgate said after the match.