So the big day has finally arrived, and I’m sure all Arsenal fans will be watching to see if Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice and Aaron Ramsdale come back as World Cup winners or not.
Spain are favourites, and after winning all of their games in exciting fashion, we are hardly surprised.
But England have been steadfast and stand strong, taking everything that gets thrown at them. Southgate certainly has a mountain of top class talented individuals which they are hoping can bring a moment of magic tonight.
But first off all I expect to see England concentrating on containing the energy and skills of the Spaniards.
We are certainly looking forward to a nerve-wracking exciting game, and may the best man win!
First though we are waiting to find out who Southgate has chosen as the starting XI. Of course Rice and Saka will definitely be on the board, but I’ve heard Luke Shaw may be playing
And here is the confirmed team
England XI: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Guehi, Saka, Mainoo, Rice, Shaw, Foden, Bellingham, Kane.
Subs: Alexander-Arnold, Trippier, Ramsdale, Konsa, Dunk, Gallagher, Toney, Gordon, Watkins, Bowen, Eze, Gomez, Henderson, Palmer, Wharton.
England are the Spurs of international football!
Never seen any nation as full of themselves with nothing to back it up
@PJ-SA
😂 Harsh 😂
No idea of your nationality but it ain’t England by what I can read into your statement
South Africa would be my guess SueP
Yes of course 🙄
Silly me
How’s their rugby weekend just gone😱
Didn’t they lose 🤔
😊
I can see Ive offended Sue by that very poor attempt at an insult 🤣🤣🤣 you’d think you’d be very used to losing by now
I’m glad to know I have made you smile. 😉
Just to understand….when exactly is it coming home? I keep hearing that but I’m unsure of the date?
Now that was at least funny as it’s a question we ask ourselves
England problem is not the manager or the team. It is the media and the people. I have never seen any team in any sport so untrusted by their own.
Kane should’ve never been on the field, far too slow to everything. Hopefully Southgate’s gone now.
Yes to both
I have a good deal of respect for Southgate for giving England a base to come back to. Years and years of foreign managers and out of work mercenaries at the helm but he has done very well steady the ship. Dynamic- no way
I must be a jinx. In my live time we’ve made it to 3 Finals and every team I’ve cheered on has lost 😠
*life
Not being English I can fee some relief around the world at this defeat, firstly we’ll be spared Southgate ball and one of the most promising groups of players can move on to win a World Cup or European Nations stylishly within the next four years. A second reason for a sigh of relief is that we’ll be spared the jingoism and breast thumping that always accompanies English success. As someone who as a ten year remembers 66, it was not pretty having to the sense of entitlement which came with that success. It lasted four years until Brazil brought it all back down to earth.
What are you so miffed about?
Not being English SueP.
So other countries don’t celebrate when they win tournaments then 🤔
England should go and get Guardiola!
With him they will win lots of trophies. They have good players
He can’t buy players to suit his system with national team.
I thought the best team in the tournament won and their supporters were brilliant HD.
I’m sure that Mr Southgate didn’t get the best out of his players and I am not impressed with him at all, but our fans have also been brilliant… let’s hope it lasts.
Agree Ken, Spain were by far the best team in the tournament. I was impressed with the way Austria, Turkey and Switzerland played.
I found our football quite boring apart from our game against the Dutch, slow build up, lack of movement by the players, our passing was terrible. Our football changed so much from the last World Cup.
We’ve got some really good young players. Guehi, for someone inexperienced in international football, really impressed me. Let’s hope a new manager can bring the best out of the players.
I can’t help but feel for B,Decs and Aaron, and to some extent wilo. in two months they’ve all suffered two heavy heartbreaks in the PL and now the European championship. One hell of a job the club have got to lift their spirits. Too bad. The better team of the night won, can’t fault the English players’ effort though but tactically and in terms of keeping possesion, they weren’t up to standard.
A sorry story. Whilst Southgate has improved the English football as a whole, I’m left wondering if Maguire had been fit, would he have gone? Could it be that Ben White looked at his chances of getting on the pitch and decided he didn’t want to end up like Wharton or be like Toney and come on in the 88th minute when it’s almost too late?
A gifted bunch of players who were poorly served by the coaching set up.
I think most decent football fans would acknowledge that the Tournament was won by the best team in the Competition.
Spain were the only consistent team in the tourney. Their football but was beautiful at both ends. A well oiled machine that purred. While England looked like a team of individual superstars unsure of how to reach a common goal. Just saying…
Ben White was absolutely correct not to join Southgate’s England, not once but twice. Most players can’t wait to play for their country, and there must be something seriously wrong not to do that. I would say to the FA to get Klopp, pay him what he wants. We have such a good squad we NEED a decent manager. Southgate’s play was so negative yesterday. Readying Trippier and Gallagher to come on yesterday, which was only signalling for extra time and penalties, was completely negative, rather than bring on people like Eze, Gordon, Bown, Toney, Tren t etc.
I feel very sorry for Gordon who I don’t believe played at all?Against a side like Spain who invariably win the possession game you really need quick players to be effective on the counter attack but apart from Saka in Kane, Foden,Bellingham and Cole Palmer you have a host of players who want the ball to their feet.Little wonder we did not create many chances!
I haven’t read much after the game so I don’t know supporters comments, I just want to point out that I was very disappointed in two England players one being Jude Bellingham who loves to hold the ball and dribble which slow the game down every time ( he was better in the final) second player Kyle Walker who for some reason would not past to Saka, Saka is and was the most dangerous player England has but had no service in all of the games specially the final, it’s a shame because I really rate Kyle but he totally ignored Saka
England did well to get to the final and Southgate should get his due plaudits. England also scored some fantastic goals. Overall, however, one has to say that it is good for football that Spain won.
In some ways it seems that England modelled their approach on the likes of France who have been fairly successful in recent years. Both teams have some great players but have played generally boring football apparently with the hope that moments of brilliance could decide games in their favour.
Southgate has been somewhat fortunate in having very good players and he has really had pretty good draws through most of his time with the national team.