Before England played Germany on Tuesday night, Gareth Southgate explained his part in his country’s defeat by Germany at Wembley 25 years earlier. Southgate had missed the penalty that allowed Germany to win that semi-final and he was hoping to move on. “Ok, I’ve got an opportunity of doing something now,” Southgate was quoted as saying in The Times, “but the team-mates I’ve played with are the ones I think about the most for that fixture. So, I can’t do that [provide closure for them], that’s something I have to accept. I wouldn’t want to claim I can heal everything…

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