After drawing 1-1 with Denmark on Thursday evening, England fans at Euro 2024 decided to respond by booing the team off the pitch at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt. While on the face of it, a draw wasn't the worst result in the world, the performance by the Three Lions was concerning, to say the least and England fans made their feelings known.
The inquest from the draw has continued for the past couple of days with Gareth Southgate being urged to make several changes for the final group match against Slovenia. There have even been calls to drop captain and record goalscorer, Harry Kane, despite the Bayern Munich man getting on the scoresheet against Denmark.
One man who has come on as a substitute in both matches is Jarrod Bowen. His inclusion in the squad in the first place was questioned by some but he has come out today to defend his teammates and deliver a key message to England fans at Euro 2024 ahead of the rest of the tournament.
Bowen urges England fans at Euro 2024 to ‘stick' with the team
Speaking from England's base camp in East Germany, Bowen sympathised with the reaction to the draw with Denmark. He said:
“I get it, because you want to win the games and you want to be in the best position possible, but sometimes it’s not as easy as that. It’s my first tournament, so it’s my first time seeing England at a major tournament with the fans and the following.
“We’ve set such high standards but we don’t expect to win every game because that’s a bit of an arrogance but we’re always confident in our own ability to win. “My message to the fans would be to keep sticking with it, keep showing the support that you have done because for me to experience it has been incredible.”
England fans in full voice booing. Rightly so. #Euro2024
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Bowen doesn't want to focus on the outside world
While Bowen was happy enough to give a message to fans within the Euro 2024 bubble, he has admitted that he doesn't want to spend too much time worrying about those on the ‘outside'. He explained:
“The mood is really high. We try not to get involved in the outside world because what we’ve got is a really tight group, a real togetherness.
“We’re sat here with four points and it is probably the standards that we’ve set that it’s not two wins. But it’s still four points. We’re still top of the group and we’re still in control of our own destiny. We go to Tuesday’s game, win that and we’re going into the knockouts.”