The Three Lions made a wonderful start and gained an emphatic lead but ended up clinging on after Jack Grealish's bizarre miss
The thinking from Southgate, not without considerable logic, is that a double midfield pivot would give the foundation that allowed Jude Bellingham to push forward and create and Bukayo Saka and Jack Grealish to stay high. England are not blessed with defensive midfielders. Against lesser teams at Wembley, Southgate will likely pick Rice, Bellingham and Mason Mount as a midfield three. In Naples, just like everyone on this trip, he opted for security.
would have surely have preferred no other manner with which to stand alone and stand tallest. Nothing will ever remove the hurt of that miss against France because pain is prolonged by the constant contemplation of what might have been. But the majesty of Kane’s career is defined by his determination to overcome the roadblocks and march on. One day England will look back and realise how lucky the nation was to have him.
And for most of the second, the same problems we have urged this team to shake and yet that they are drawn towards like moths to the flame. England sat deep and tried to defend their lead, just like against Croatia and just as against Italy at Wembley on that chaotic July day. Just as in those games, it didn’t work because they invite pressure that a defence typically struggles to repel.
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