Gareth Southgate's greatest England wins and most shattering defeats in rollercoaster tenure with Three Lions

Gareth Southgate's spell as England boss has finally come to an end after 102 games, with the harrowing loss to Spain proving his final match. But what were the highs and lows of his eight-year reign?

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The 2018 World Cup penalty shoot-out win against Colombia was a rare spot-kick victory and this was the night that long-suffering supporters finally started to believe it was coming home. Sadly, Croatia made sure it didn't when they beat England in the semis

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Southgate led England to their first major final in 55 years as they beat Denmark 2-1 after extra-time in the Euro 2020 semi-final, setting up a dream date under the Wembley arch with Italy

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And three years later Ollie Watkins slotted in a brilliant winner in injury time of the semi-final against Holland to see the Three Lions into their second successive Euros final. Unfortunately they fell short again, losing 2-1 to the Spaniards

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There have been some crushing lows too, with the penalty shoot-out loss to Italy in the Euro 2020 final at Wembley perhaps the most devastating, having gone 1-0 up in the opening minutes

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The 2018 semi-final defeat to Croatia in Russia really hurt too, with supporters believing that England had a very good chance of at least reaching the final, until they were undone by Mario Mandzukic and Co to lose 2-1 in extra time

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Four years later in Qatar and England had the chance to make the semis again... but lost to France 2-1, with Harry Kane ballooning his penalty over in a rare and hugely depressing blunder

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