Lor Gareth Southgate has (un)merit. He has Kane, Bellingham, Foden, Saka, Rice, Palmer in his ranks… and he has managed to ensure that none of them play well. Really, you can’t play worse.
Still, he’s lucky. A sad draw with Slovenia (0-0) is enough for them to move into the lead and find a clear ‘draw’ until the final. It may be worth it for them to do like Ivory Coast, who fired their coach in the Group Stage and ended up winning the Africa Cup. Oh if Guardiola took this team!!!
By the way, what has merit is Oblak’s Slovenia, which has passed, even as third, in a group with England, Denmark and Serbia.
England, this is how they called Ferdinand VII
He won’t play a single game, but everything has turned against England. If not to win the Euro, at least to go far. It was worth it with a draw, yes a draw, against the weak Slovenia (0-0) to advance to the round of 16 as leader of Group C and see how, suddenly, the path is clear for them. While the main favorites (Spain, Germany, Portugal and France) are condemned to eliminate each other at the top of the draw, the ‘three lions’ have Italy and, if anything, the Netherlands as stronger rivals heading towards a hypothetical final. This is how they used to give Ferdinand VII… billiard balls.
It won’t be Lampard or Gerrard yet, but it gives another air to the team
Kobbie Mainoo is not yet at the level of Lampard or Gerrard. It may even never be, although it looks good. What’s more, his (current) football ‘ceiling’ is below that of Alexander-Arnold himself. However, his inclusion in the midfield – he came on at half-time for Gallagher – changed the face of England.. Sometimes football is as simple as putting a midfielder, and not a full-back, playing as a midfielder. At 19 years old, the ‘devil’ of Manchester United He brought dynamism and demonstrated a tremendous personality. He dropped off in attack, looked for spaces between the lines, accelerated the plays and even, as soon as he arrived, tried to hit Karnicnik. At the horn, he left a big backheel on Kane. What nerve! The best thing that can be said about him was warned by Gary Neville: “It hurts to say it… but he looks like a City player.”
Clément Turpin ruined England’s best play
It was the 21st minute when England put together what is possibly their best play so far in the Euro Cup. Trippier found Rice on the front and he, first of all, filtered into space so that Foden served the ‘pass of death’ and Saka, at will, beat Oblak. Wonderful, electric… ‘rock & goal’. Never better said. Very nice, but it wasn’t worth it. Turpin signaled offside. It was. Therefore, nothing to discuss. A shame.
Oblak, traéte and Bijol al Atlético
Atleti is on the hunt for a central defender. Le Normand, Hancko, Mosquera have played…Go from here another recommendation: Jaka Bijol (Vuzenica, 1999). The Udinese central defender, key to the salvation of Fabio Cannavaro’s men, It was a fence above – it measures 1.90 meters – and below. He was very confident, attentive to everything and kept Kane at bay at all times… except in the 71st minute, when he escaped and saw yellow for grabbing him. You know: if the ball passes, the player does not pass. A real wall before the great wall, Oblak.Jan, why don’t you bring him with you to Atlético?
What the hell is wrong with Southgate with Palmer?
England has many players, but they are missing someone to make them play, to connect, to put the pieces together. That figure could very well be Cole Palmer. However, Southgate has kept him in the most absolute anonymity. Against Serbia and Denmark he was left without playing. He preferred to put Gallagher, Bowen, Mainoo, Eze and Watkins on the bench. Against Slovenia he gave them just over 20 minutes and, at least, sticking to the right wing, he managed to shake the tree. It is difficult to understand that a player who, in his first full season as a Premier player, He has scored 27 goals and provided 15 assists in 48 games and does not have more prominence. What the hell is wrong with you, Gareth?
