Gareth Southgate shut down a German journalist after leading his side into the Euro 2024 semi-finals on Saturday night.
The Three Lions were then accused by the reporter of being given “easy runs” at major tournaments.
They claimed that England even came up against a “poor” Germany team which they beat 2-0 in Euro 2020.
Southgate responded to that point by saying: Yeah, but I am saying they had about eight Champions League winners in that squad.”
When the journalist continued to list nations beaten by England at tournaments, Southgate added: “Look, the teams we’ve played are because we won our group.
“If you go back through history, England had different routes to the final because we didn’t win our group. I understand of course, you’d rather not have to jump the Grand National to win the tournament.
“Most teams, when you have back-to-back games – two, three, four games against big nations – the margins are so fine and then those games end up quite even. You win one, you lose one – so it’s very tough to go through those processes.
“I’m not really sure what to say, it’s the madness of this job – but it’s been an enjoyable night and I will try to keep it that way.”