We're all behind Southgate - Guehi

Manager Gareth Southgate has nan afloat support of each players successful his England squad, according to defender Marc Guehi, arsenic nan squad hole for nan knockout stages of Euro 2024.

The England squad were booed disconnected pursuing nan 0-0 draw successful their last group crippled pinch Slovenia and immoderate quiet cups were thrown astatine nan Southgate arsenic he applauded supporters.

The consequence was capable for nan Three Lions to decorativeness arsenic group winners and they will play Slovakia successful nan past 16 connected Sunday.

Crystal Palace defender Guehi was handed his first elder England call-up by Southgate successful March 2022 and has gone connected to make 14 appearances.

He has been Southgate's first-choice centre-back alongside John Stones astatine Euro 2024.

"He has been awesome for England. If you look astatine his record, it speaks for itself," 23-year-old Guehi said.

"Everyone is down nan head and we person a really adjacent tight-knit group conscionable focused connected nan adjacent group. Everyone appreciates him, particularly me.

"He gave maine my debut for England and he’s showed truthful overmuch assurance successful me. I americium really grateful and I'm judge nan remainder of nan squad is arsenic well."

Southgate has said that nan guidance to nan team’s performances successful Germany is creating an "unusual environment" for nan team, but Guehi says nan players are not listening to immoderate extracurricular noise.

"I don't deliberation nan squad is excessively focused connected that," he said. "We are thankful for each of nan instrumentality support because they person travelled to spot us.

"It is simply a calm and focused camp. Everyone is conscionable focused connected nan adjacent task astatine hand."

As a consequence of winning their group, England person a way done nan knockouts which avoids galore of nan different awesome nations.

Spain, Germany, Portugal, France and Belgium are each connected nan different broadside of nan tie and England cannot play immoderate of them earlier nan final, but Guehi believes location is nary easy way to nan showpiece successful Berlin connected 14 July.

"Everyone has seen successful this title that I don't deliberation location is simply a favourable broadside of nan draw," he said. "Every force is reliable to play against.

"We conscionable request to stay calm. We put unit connected ourselves, but it’s a very calm and focused environment. We conscionable request to proceed focusing connected 1 point astatine a time."

Guehi is forming a coagulated business astatine nan backmost pinch Manchester City defender Stones and England person conceded only 1 extremity during nan 3 games truthful far.

"I deliberation what builds assurance is togetherness and performances," Guehi said.

"We haven't mislaid a crippled yet. It’s important for america to power what we tin control."

England play Slovakia successful Gelsenkirchen connected Sunday and footwear disconnected is astatine 17:00 BST.