Roy Hodgson says England's 2-1 loss to Iceland and exit from Euro 2016 will cause longer-term "damage" to the team.
And Football Association chief executive Martin Glenn said it is now "imperative" to find out why England are "brittle" at tournaments.
Hodgson, who resigned after Monday's game, repeatedly questioned why he had to attend a news conference on Tuesday.
But he said: "One particularly bad game has caused a lot of damage to me personally and the team going forward."
Hodgson, 68, added: "We have a major bridge to repair - had we played better last night that might not need repairing."
England won just one of their four games at the tournament in France, qualifying second from their group behind Wales to reach the last 16, where they suffered the humiliating defeat by a nation with a population of just 330,000.
Hodgson said there were no "magic answers" to explain England's performance at the European Championship, where they also drew with Russia and Slovakia and beat Wales with a last-minute winner.
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