Mills calls for England changes to reignite Euro 2024 campaign

Ex-England defender Danny Mills has called on Gareth Southgate to change his starting XI for the Euro 2024 match against Slovenia.

The Three Lions put in a poor display against Denmark, resulting in their first dropped points of the tournament.

Kieran Trippier filled in at left-back again in the absence of Luke Shaw, while Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold was deployed in midfield.

This resulted in Phil Foden being shunted into a wide area to accommodate Jude Bellingham in a more advanced role.

The balance on the pitch has looked off, even in the win over Serbia, and Southgate is now facing criticism for the performances.

Speaking exclusively to 101 Great Goals on behalf of BetVictor, Mills said: “If I’m a right-back, I’m looking at Kieran Trippier and going, ‘Go on, ping the ball out there all day long’, because you’re going to have to have a touch, you’re unlikely to run past me because it’s unnatural for you to go down the outside on the left-hand side.

“You’re going to have to have a touch and then come inside and then play an easy ball.

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“So the least danger is Kieran Trippier in that scenario because he’s not a natural left-sided attacking player.

“That’s Luke Shaw. Maybe it’s a little bit different because he’s not available at the moment.

“That means that teams can play very, very narrow and you end up with Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Harry Kane, in a very small area and at times it’s easy then for a defender to just go, ‘We just stay where we are, we’re not getting stretched.’

“We’ve only got to move two or three yards every single time.

“Gareth brings on substitutes, he brings on Jarrod Bowen, he brings on Eberechi Eze to try and stretch the game, but still the players don’t recognise that.

“The players have to take responsibility for…

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Author : Mitch Fretton

Publish date : 2024-06-25 06:00:48

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