The day after the night before. Disappointment, yes, but also a sense of accomplishment and pride – a realisation of exactly what was achieved and how that bodes well for the future. There are lessons to be learnt, just as there were after the World Cup in 2018, but you can't put a price on the experience of getting to a major final and all that entails.
The bigger disappointment is that in 2021 there are still idiots who will racially abuse players, and not just because they missed penalties. The disappointment is that there is racist abuse at all, any kind of abuse just because of being different. We should be past that by now.
Listening to a phone-in on the radio this morning, a black mother of African heritage described seeing the light go out of her son's eyes when he heard about the abuse, a son who is football mad and dreams of playing for England himself. How many kids in his position will be put off, how many will not follow their dreams out of fear?
@colinwalker I didn't stay up to watch the match, but I checked the BBC homepage before bed and knew the result. Disappointing, but they've shown they can go toe-to-toe with the best. I worry a bit that the press will tear into both team and manager once again, and we'll lose both as a result.
From what I've seen so far it looks like the press is being supportive, and rightly so.