Man Utd defender Harry Maguire admits France are more reliable than England but still believes in Euro 2024 chances

Harry Maguire admitted England can learn from their recent tournament near-misses, but he believes they can win Euro 2024.

England were beaten by France in World Cup
2-1 win over Italy kickstarted Euro qualifying
Three Lions among favourites for Euro 2024

WHAT HAPPENED? England were beaten 2-1 by France in the World Cup quarter-final in Qatar, an agonising defeat that came after a positive performance. Ultimately France used their tournament nous to edge out the Three Lions and Maguire is still smarting from that defeat.

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WHAT THEY SAID: “I’m with a mindset of: ‘If we don’t win the tournament, it’s been a failure,“ Maguire told reporters, as per the Guardian. "I’ve been at three major tournaments and I’ve come so close. I believe that we have the players to win it.

“We played really well in the World Cup and we got knocked out to a good French team. A French team that we believe we can take on and, if we play them 10 times, we would give them a good game 10 times and probably win more than we lose. However, they’ve proven over the years that they manage to get the job done better than England do.”

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THE BIGGER PICTURE: England began their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign in confident fashion, beating Italy 2-1 in Naples. They lost the Euro 2020 final on penalties to the Azzurri, having gone deep into the knockout stages of the past three consecutive tournaments under Gareth Southgate.

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