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England are through to the quarter-finals of the Euros, but I think it’s fair to say Gareth Southgate got very, very lucky. Jude Bellingham saved his bacon with his injury time equaliser, because had that not happened, the England manager would have faced intense scrutiny about what he did, and didn’t do, with the resources at his disposal.
Having trailed since the 25th minute to Ivan Schranz’s goal, his side produced another dismal display, with big names under-performing again. The closest they came to scoring was Declan Rice’s shot which hit the post in the dying stages, and the fact Bellingham’s goal was their first shot on target tells you the story.
Honestly, I was amazed at the inaction from the bench. Cole Palmer came on, but that seemed to be primarily because Kieran Trippier – again woeful at left-back – got injured. Bukayo Saka moved to left-back for a while to allow Palmer to do very little but lose the ball time and again. He then introduced Eberechi Eze for Kobbie Mainoo with 6 minutes of normal time remaining. In the meantime, Kyle Walker and Harry Kane were lumbering about stinking the place up, and Southgate had players like Ollie Watkins, Ivan Toney and Trent Alexander-Arnold on the bench.
Phil Foden thought he had equalised, but he was carelessly offside, the second time in this tournament that his inability to judge the offside line has cost England a goal. Yesterday’s was just so bad, he just had to stay behind the ball for a tap-in, it’s the most basic thing, and that summed up his contribution. England had good options on the bench, and the manager refused to use them.
Toney’s introduction with 3 minutes of 6 added on was weird, and although Bellingham didn’t have a great game, he’s shown he’s capable of digging in and producing late in games – ask Barcelona all about that. And so it proved. Marc Guehi flicked on a throw, Bellingham’s overhead kick was a moment of rare…
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Publish date : 2024-07-01 05:55:55
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