Before anybody gets too judgemental about another patchy England performance, it’s worth noting that this wasn’t really England anyway. Certainly it was not a version of the England we will see against Croatia at Wembley next Sunday. How many of this starting eleven realistically get in Gareth Southgate’s team at the weekend? Southgate’s team had three players in it who – at kick-off – were not even in his squad for the European Championship. You feel good but then you’re thrown in to a tournament game and things feel very different.

Source: Daily Mail June 06, 2021 19:56 UTC