Google News Harry Maguire optimistic: If we don't win the tournament, it's been a failure
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Despite not getting many minutes at Manchester United, Gareth Southgate has huge confidence in Harry Maguire. This staunch defender was happy after the victory against Italy, but he believes that his team has much bigger ambitions.
Their wish is to win the EURO, considering that they were very close to such a success before. "I believe we have the players to win it," said Maguire, as quoted by eurosport.com
"I'm with a mindset of, 'If we don't win the tournament, it's been a failure'
I've been at three major tournaments now and I've come so close."
Harry Maguire on big tournaments
England has a talented team that can achieve great success. The previous tournaments in which they played showed what a quality team they are.
However, success sometimes requires luck. "Obviously, we've got to qualify first from a tough group, we've come to Italy and got an amazing result. We're in a good place.
But these big tournaments are decided on the finest margins.
I think we played really well in the World Cup and ultimately we got knocked out by a good French team.
So it's something that we're working on. We have so much talent and so many young players coming through”. Maguire is a player who always wants to give more of himself.
It is certain that he is not happy that he is mostly on the bench with Erik ten Hag. However, this does not prevent him from being equally ambitious. "I want to play every game for my club and my country. I feel like I'm good enough to play at a high level and I've proven that over the last five, six years now," Maguire added.
"Last season was difficult but I've proven myself to Gareth, I've made over 50 caps, I feel I shouldn't really need to prove myself at this level."
