 This summer of Euro 2024 lacked that earlier magical spirit. Election politics in the background, clouds in the sky. The team struggled to find its shape, but some amazing moments, that injury-time bicycle kick, five perfect penalties, got them through. The criticism hurt you and the players. Maybe you were a victim of your own success. We held open-top bus parades for losing semi-finalists before. Now we were grumbling about a team in another final.