England's failed footballers will return home today after the country's most humiliating defeat in its history made them a worldwide laughing stock.
Roy Hodgson resigned minutes after an abject England crashed out of Euro 2016 last night – humbled by tiny Iceland, the lowest ranked team left in the competition with a population of just 332,000.
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Hodgson, who was paid £3.5million a year, and his multi-millionaire ‘Three Lions’ side were beaten 2-1 in a new low for the national team in a major tournament. The players were barracked by fans from the stands after paying a fortune to watch the team perform so badly in a major tournament.
The manager had quit immediately after the match in Nice, France, and said afterwards: 'I'm sorry it will have to end this way but these things happen'.
England had taken a fourth-minute lead from a Wayne Rooney penalty, but held that advantage for little over a minute as defender Ragnar Sigurdsson equalised for Iceland.
Only 12 minutes later England were behind after goalkeeper Joe Hart – at fault for Gareth Bale’s goal for Wales earlier in the tournament – failed to keep out a shot from striker Kolbeinn Sigthorsson in the 18th minute.
But as the game went on England failed to cope with the pressure and Iceland looked the more likely to score before Hodgson's men crashed out.
England’s players were booed off at the end of the match, with Rooney’s six-year-old son Kai looking on dejectedly.
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| Dele Alli and girlfriend |
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| Jamie Vardy and wife Rebekah |
Players like Dele Alli, Jamie Vardy, Jack Wilshere and other players were comforted by their wives and girlfriends in the stands.
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