There is a kind of love called defense, and there is nothing left for love. In Germany's European Championship, the most disappointing team is England, the 1.52 billion favorite to win the championship has given fans another ugly game. England did not score against Slovenia and the Three Lions, with a 600 million striker, continue to refresh fans. In this way, the England team still wants to win the championship? Perhaps, this is another regrettable journey.
England dominated 74 per cent of the possession but they didn't pose much of a threat. England had just four of their 12 shots on goal and had just one great chance. Southgate made a slight change in formation, with Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden moving up front, but the change still did not improve England's attack. It was after Maynoo and Palmer came on that England's attack became sharper, but they were unable to help the team break the deadlock.
Another ugly game where the fans were drowsy and that's how England contributed to the fans. Facing the world's 57th Slovenian team, England is not sure of winning, and Southgate is still using the same old way, holding on to win. This is a 1.52 billion euro England team, Southgate has no ambitions, and fans continue to criticize. The point is that Southgate's three rounds of group stage games have not brought out the strongest strength of the England team.
At the end of the group stage, England qualified first, but this result is by no means excellent. With a narrow 1-0 win, a 1-1 draw and a 0-0 draw in the final round, England has not performed as well as the other. After 3 games, the 1.52 billion euro England team has only scored 2 goals, which is really incomprehensible and surprising. Is England not attacking? Kane, Saka, Foden, Gordon and others, the England forward line that people are looking forward to before the game is this strength?
It's really embarrassing, and England's performance in the group stage can only be described as failing. Topping the group, but by no means a good ending, England's conservatism gives hope to the third-placed rivals who know how to deal with it. Perhaps, Southgate will have his own ideas, he may want to make a push in the knockout stages, but that would be a mistake. Because in the knockout stage, any team will change, and there is too much uncertainty about a winner.
England are touted as favourites to win the title, but they are by far the least title-worthy team, a fact that is widely accepted by the vast majority of fans. In the end, the downside of this England team is Gareth Southgate, who has long been identified as the team's weakest link. Sure enough, Southgate did not let England play to their best, and the line-up was also used based on fame. Interestingly, England could meet the Netherlands, and if that's the case, the Three Lions might have to book their tickets in advance.