“Let’s get down to business” blared out beforehand here at Riverside Stadium, and Jack Grealish needed little encouraging. It is rare for England to be going into a tournament with such a list of uncertainties. At least Croatia’s homework will need to be expansive. The excellence here of Luke Shaw and particularly Marcus Rashford, building on their Manchester United understanding, may have settled the left-sided debate. Rashford, captaining the side, demonstrated why he

Source: The Times June 06, 2021 18:25 UTC