Football Paper Round: Roy Hodgson quits after England's 'ultimate humiliation'

England humiliated by tournament minnows

England's 2-1 defeat to Iceland has been greeted with the predictable yet very much deserved raft of articles in Tuesday's papers, with "humiliation" being the word of the day. This is "England's ultimate humiliation" writes Paul Hayward in the Telegraph, adding that this is "a country where

governments crumble, markets collapse and the nation's football team loses to Iceland". Daniel Taylor follows suit in the Guardian , describing the England performance as "full-on humiliation", while Martin Samuel in the Daily Mail agrees that "ultimate humiliation" is the best choice of words for England's embarrassing loss.

Roy resignation doesn't halt the criticism

Roy Hodgson's resignation came so soon after the game in Nice that some even speculated that he'd prepared his statement beforehand, but it was still Hodgson who took the brunt of the criticism for England's lacklustre and disjointed display. Barney Ronay in the Guardian picked out the ex-England manager's insistence on trying to fit his star names into the team as a major flaw of his tenure, while Matt Lawton in the Daily Mail and Henry Winter in the Times laid the blame for England's Euro 2016 failure squarely at Hodgson's door. 

Rashford the sole bright spark

Late substitute Marcus Rashford was the only player to emerge from the game with any credit as the national papers slammed the rest of England's players across the board. Harry Kane and Joe Hart came in for particular criticism, but all of the performance reviews will make for bleak reading for the players. 

Iceland much more than just plucky underdogs

Iceland's players have developed a wonderful bond with their supporters - Reuters

England's disastrous showing has understandably taken up much of the focus in the English media, but Iceland's extremely impressive team performance has not gone unnoticed, with Amy Lawrence of the Guardian, Iain Macintosh of ESPN FC and Jonathan Liew of the Telegraph particularly fulsome in their praise.

Source: Eurosport