Morning all. Congratulations to Italy, commiserations to England but, I’m left with the feeling that England have only themselves to blame for not winning last night. After the perfect start with Luke Shaw emulating Nacho Monreal with a low shot just millimetres inside the near post, Gareth Southgate’s men were negative in their approach in my opinion. Gung ho football wouldn’t have done anyone any good but letting the Italians play their own game was dangerous. Eventually they equalised. What followed was pretty negative I think, the changes Southgate made were perhaps too slow. Harry Kane was doing very little other than a gentle jog around the centre circle, seldom was he in the...
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