After England’s thrilling win at Euro 2024, Declan Rice and Francesco Calzona, the boss of Slovakia, got into a fight.
Following his angry fight with Calzona after the game in Gelsenkirchen, Rice had to be held back by Ivan Toney.
When the England player talked to the match officials, the Italian manager pushed him.
As expected, Rice got angry and yelled at him, but Toney stepped in to stop things from getting worse.
After that, Ezri Konsa and Aaron Ramsdale ran over to help their international teammate.
Rice played the whole game. England’s next game is next Saturday, when they play Switzerland.
Declan Rice hits back at pundits who criticised England players after Denmark draw
Declan Rice has strong feelings about the negative comments people have made about him and his England players during Euro 2024.The first game England played in their quest for Euro 2024 glory was last weekend. Jude Bellingham scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Serbia.People didn’t like Gareth Southgate’s team after they tied 1-1 with Denmark in Frankfurt on Thursday.People who used to play for England have said bad things about Phil Foden, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Rice.Rice hit back at the critics in a press conference before England’s important game against Slovenia.“Are you upset that a lot of the criticism has been coming from former players who have been to tournaments and maybe been through the same thing?” Gabriel Clarke of ITV asked.Rice answered, “No, I’m not upset. I’ve played football for a long time and know how things work.” Now you understand why I don’t care about it at all.”Look, they have the right to say what they think.” They are on TV and can say whatever they want. Some of them are people I know. “Those guys are great.””But, as I said, they’ve been in our shoes too, and sometimes they just need that moment to think… before they speak.”He went on, “They’ve been where I am now, where our other players have been, and not done well in tournaments.” Okay, I don’t know why we feel like such a bad thing. At this point, it sounds like we’re leaving the game.”Since we’re at the top of the group, we need to keep a good attitude.” Allow us to feel good before the games. Let’s believe in the players more than anything else. They are told by players like Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka, and Phil Foden that they are the best players in the world. Make them read that and then decide, “I’m going to perform and give it my all.”They shouldn’t let the negative words stay in their minds and make them think they can’t play a certain way. That’s how I see it. Also, I think we have enough of those people, which is good.