It is? The comparable games I can recall are Japan friendly when he was comprehensively exposed, England when he parked the bus, Netherlands when he got pantsed by LVG and Brazil friendly when Turner had 26 saves.
Euro 2004 deserves its own thread. The rosters of France, England, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Czechia are ridiculous. And then Greece wins it.
Southgate has made it to the QF (loss to France), SF (loss to Croatia AET) and F (loss to Italy on PKs) in his three major tournaments. In the 25 major tournaments between 1966 and when he took over, they made it to two SFs (1990 WC and 1996 Euros). 0 SFs from the 98 WC through the 2016 Euros is the truly astounding achievement.
That’s what people enjoy watching. Shooting and passing that resembles the best from the men’s game. The wnba post game that most of the league’s best players have employed to dominate simply doesn’t engage the casual sports fan that drives ratings.