
The day after the night before, the confusion and pain from the seismic defeat that cost Roy Hodgson his job as manager of England was still written large on his craggy face. Feeling ''very fragile,'' Hodgson reluctantly appeared for one last England news conference on Tuesday, against his better instincts. All that Hodgson wanted to say about his team's 2-1 loss to Iceland the previous night in the European Championship round-of-16 had been said, he felt, in his resignation statement immediately after the defeat that sent England out of a major tournament early, yet again.
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