England will end up going to the round of 16 in this Euro Cup. Surely, they will even end up going far by overcoming qualifying rounds by submission – with a squad like the English one, with players of world-class talent in all its lines, this option is more than expected. However, nothing can deny the fact that, for now, Gareth Southgate’s team is one of the great disappointments of the continental tournament in Germany.
The start of the ‘Three Lions’ tournament It couldn’t have been more depressing.. After a preparation phase with friendlies that alerted fans to the poor level of the team in general, when push comes to shove the shortcomings have ended up coming to light. A lackluster debut against Serbia (0-1) where the three points were achieved by pure chance became the first warning. However, the draw against Denmark (1-1), With a lot of suffering, he has done nothing but set off all the alarms of the national team.
Southgate, the main target
England continues searching, in the eighth year as national coach of Gareth Southgate, an identity of its own that allows it to compete with the best teams in Europe. Their matches are one carbon copy after another; he low rhythm, where little or almost nothing happens in the areas, it is the usual tone of a team that wants to use the extreme quality of its squad to carry out its games… although this is not always enough.
Kane is not meeting his teammates either / EFE
Bellingham, Saka, Foden, Rice, Alexander-Arnold, Kane, Palmer… What more could you ask for in a national team than stars in all your lines to be able to play in an international tournament? The English team, which looks like a true All Stars with some of the best players in the world, offers in its matches a performance inversely proportional to the quality of its stars. The situation is worrying to say the least.
The main one pointed out could not be other than Gareth Southgate. The national coach has many problems to solve if he wants to go far in the Euro Cup, starting with the discussed midfield position of Alexander-Arnold or the ignoring of one of the stars of the last edition of the Premier League, Cole Palmer. His absence is almost a crime at this point, especially knowing the performance of the Chelsea playmaker this season where he has taken the team on his own shoulders.
The world upside down
He is not, however, the only one highlighted on the team. Gareth Southgate Nor can it become a permanent shield to hide the shortcomings of many players when they wear the ‘Three Lions’ jersey. Foden is not the same as at Manchester City, Kane hinders the game that Bellingham intends to play while Rice seems more lost than ever after completing an excellent season at Arsenal. The world upside down…
What solution does Southgate have now? His situation seems to be, at the moment, certainly worrying. His disappointments are not a first warning to be corrected in the future, it seems evident that it is a fundamental problem that It will not be solved overnight. A coach who has surprised by declaring that one of the team’s main problems is that they do not have a relevo natural de Kalvin Phillips…
Your first revalidation will be this next Tuesday against Slovenia (9:00 p.m.), a match that appears more important on an emotional level than on a results level. Their qualification to the round of 16 is practically a fact, although doing so in this way would be, at the very least, depressing. Only time will tell how far Gareth Southgate’s England will go…
2024-06-21 09:58:39
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