Bukayo Saka was a key player for England as they reached the final of Euro 2024 in Germany.
The Three Lions were not the best team in the tournament, but they still reached the final.
They almost won the cup before losing 2-1 to Spain in the ultimate stage, and the players have returned home.
It was a remarkable journey, and Saka was a key part of the team’s success, alongside Declan Rice and others.
The Arsenal contingent gave a good account of themselves, but they could have done better, and Charles Watts believes it was not a good showing from Saka.
The attacker was a regular for England and even played as a left-back in the final minutes of some games for the Three Lions.
However, overall, his performance could have been better, and he seemed to be carrying on from his poor form at the end of the 2023/2024 season.
Watts wrote on Caught Offside:
“I was so happy Saka had that really special moment against Switzerland, but I’m sure he will admit himself he was not at his best in Germany. I thought Declan Rice was one of England’s better players. But even he looked absolutely shattered and was unusually sloppy at times.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
It was a tough competition for all the England players and Saka was not the only one that struggled from the Three Lions team.
The attacker can be proud of how he performed during the competition, and hopefully, he will rest well and start next season better for us.
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I agree with Watts even though put in proper context, very few if any other England players performed better for whatever reason(s) imo.
I have noticed that for both The Arsenal and his country that when the ball has been played to him early enough for him to have only one defensive marker, he has been more and more hesitant to take advantage of the situation by doing anything other than heading into the teeth of the defense by going to his stronger left side.
Very distressing because while he may come close to Arjen Robben’s devastating ability going inside, imo with initial one v one defense he is so incredible going to the end line and killing the defense by playing the ball back to the middle and even taking a shot at goal with his weaker right foot. Lacking confidence? Tiring? Just my imagination? lol.
way below bar.
the two goals he was to be helping out on defending the right but he was no where to be seen.
Sadly, Walker was in fine defensive position on Nico’s goal until he inexplicably made the decision to help out in the middle. I couldn’t believe my eyes when he did that and then of course the ball was simply dinked over to a now wide open Williams. You could see it coming a mile away, it was such a blatant mistake by a highly experienced player that I almost wanted to check the Vegas odds related to that first goal.