After a rollercoaster run to the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup 2018, English hopes were finally murdered by a determined Croatian side at Moscow on Wednesday. Harry Kane and his men, who were tipped to bring the cup home, lost 2-1 in a 130 mins encounter that kept us at the edge of our seats.
With the loss, an entire cosmos of fans were left in agony, who started believing that the comparatively young bunch of lions will do what the Beckhams, Lampards, and Gerrards could not. Nonetheless, the team displayed unity, character and exquisite football throughout the tournament and left with their heads held high.
Apart from the players, a lion’s share of credit goes to the coach, Gareth Southgate, who had promised to repair English football. And to a certain extent, he did. While nobody expected the team to come this far, Gareth Southgate never lost hope and carried the team into the last four.
But it was a sight after the match against Croatia, that is winning hearts online.
While most of the English players made their way into the dressing room, devastated, coach Gareth Southgate was seen hugging his wife Alison in an empty stand. Perhaps, that’s what he needed the most at the time of misery.
The rest of the family joined the couple at the stadium later.
The shutterbugs did no mistake in capturing the touching moment and Twitter felt the emotions along with the adorable duo.
https://twitter.com/chrisChatters/status/1017359148114153473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1017359148114153473&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news18.com%2Fnews%2Fbuzz%2Fthese-photos-of-england-team-manager-hugging-his-wife-after-crashing-out-of-the-world-cup-is-the-sweetest-thing-ever-1810445.html
https://twitter.com/kelvmorgan/status/1017352104392953856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1017352104392953856&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news18.com%2Fnews%2Fbuzz%2Fthese-photos-of-england-team-manager-hugging-his-wife-after-crashing-out-of-the-world-cup-is-the-sweetest-thing-ever-1810445.html
Chin up, coach.
https://twitter.com/OfficialGavlaar/status/1017357450637398018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1017357450637398018&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news18.com%2Fnews%2Fbuzz%2Fthese-photos-of-england-team-manager-hugging-his-wife-after-crashing-out-of-the-world-cup-is-the-sweetest-thing-ever-1810445.html
https://twitter.com/kaymistry2/status/1017343229686099968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1017343229686099968&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news18.com%2Fnews%2Fbuzz%2Fthese-photos-of-england-team-manager-hugging-his-wife-after-crashing-out-of-the-world-cup-is-the-sweetest-thing-ever-1810445.html
That definitely reduced some pain.
https://twitter.com/adamgoott/status/1017489242606522368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1017489242606522368&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news18.com%2Fnews%2Fbuzz%2Fthese-photos-of-england-team-manager-hugging-his-wife-after-crashing-out-of-the-world-cup-is-the-sweetest-thing-ever-1810445.html
I won’t lie, this brought tears to my eyes. Whatta moment! Gareth Southgate, you have earned the respect of millions.