England lost its last match before a major international tournament for the first time since 1968

The England national team narrowly lost to Iceland (0:1) in a friendly match.

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According to Opta Joe, England lost its last match before a major international tournament for the first time since 1968. Then the English lost to Germany (0:1) in the last match before Euro 1968. It should be added that England took third place at that Euro.

In the last four friendly matches before the European Championships, Gareth Southgate's men defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina (3-0), lost to Brazil (0-1) and drew with Belgium (2-2).