Eurocup: England deflates – AS.com

The goal is paid dearly in the Eurocup, and, no matter how intense it is from the stands and on the field, a football match in which the score does not move becomes a ball. Hard to swallow like a bad steak. It helped the sauce that it was the reissue of the first match in the history of the national teams, and the passion with which any Scotland – England is lived, but both have a lot of work ahead of them, despite the fact that the British Northerners, who have never passed the Group stage of a great tournament, they are sure to see an unexpected victory in this tie.

Southgate, cold as an iceberg, slow in change and thick in ideas, He is not knowing how to get the most out of one of the best generations in the history of the country, and he is especially concerned about how lost Harry Kane is, who was even replaced when his team desperately needed a goal.

The ‘British derby’ made it clear from the outset that today was more than a match. And it was not necessary for Mateu to whistle to realize it, because whistling the hymns does not happen only in Spain. Neither that of England nor that of Scotland was respected. Of course, the players gave a lesson in harmony and unity, kneeling together against racism, a cause with which the fans were also united. And so far the camaraderie and the non-football discussions.

After four minutes, Ché Adams already made it clear that they were not going to make it easy. At eleven, Stones responded with a spectacular header to the squad after finishing a corner completely alone in the heart of the area. That tense emotion was palpable in each play, in each attempt by the Three Lions to break the Scottish stubbornness in defense and in each adventure of the Tartan Army in seeking to overcome their limitations in front of goal.

England did not have as smooth a game as against Croatia, but it was better. Scotland did improve the image that was seen against the Czech Republic, but did not give them more than to shoot once on goal throughout the game. Despite the emotion transferred from the 22,500 throats that were in the stands, the game did not get ugly either, and that was helped by the one with the whistle.

On the BBC, after a yellow to McGinn for going overboard with the protests, they told it like this: “The referee is Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz, Spanish referee who directed the final of the Champions League, who does not seem that he is going to miss a single nonsense”. Of course, he ate a possible Robertson penalty on Sterling that he was not notified of from the VAR because it was not a clear and manifest error.

In the second half, in the same vein, Reece James had to get a ball over the line, and that was the first clear warning sign that England needed a change that Gareth Southgate seemed not to be able to see. Neither Kane, who is missing, nor Sterling, who was from more to less, nor Phillips, who was not the same as against Croatia, seemed to be able to unblock the match. And the only one with the keys, Phil Foden, was the first substitute.

Kane was next, but England never gave a real sense of being able to win the game, and in the 90 minutes he was barely able to shoot once between the three suits, just like the Scots. On the final day, and with the result of the other match in the group, both the Czech Republic and England, both with four points, are worth a draw to qualify, although position matters. The second of this group will play against the first of Spain, while the first will face the second of the group of death made up of France, Germany and Portugal.