Uninspiring England get the job done with potential Dutch date to come in last 16
Uninspiring England get the job done. Finishing top of Group C thanks to a shaky 1-0 defeat of Serbia and draws with Denmark and now Slovenia, sets up a knockout match against a third-placed finisher, potentially the Netherlands, in Gelsenkirchen next Sunday at 5pm.
Lacklustre England plodded to the interval with 73 per cent possession and two shots on target. They finished with three shots on target as Cole Palmer almost chiseled through the Slovenian wall.Euro Zone: How Paul Gascoigne kept his haunted house free of ghostsIt was humid, it was dour. England did just enough. On a scorching hot day in Cologne, their latest offering to these European Championships was a sight to behold.
Replacing the anonymous Conor Gallagher with Kobbie Mainoo for the second half suggests that the management are rolling the dice. Mainoo is capable of running the English midfield for the next 15 years, yet it took Southgate 225 minutes in Germany to give the Manchester United teenager his chance. Foden had some joy down the inside left channel, one wild cross over Saka’s head and a clever lateral run should have yielded more. The second attack ended with a Saka tap-in but the lineman’s flag was up after Foden’s neat one-two with Rice.
As Bellingham and Gallagher argued, a Slovenian attack down the right saw Žan Karničnik’s cross hit Guéhi shoulder. Play on. Slovenia had a second penalty shout when Saka was holding Erik Janza in the box. Again, play on.
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