England play Germany in a bad mood and with knives drawn for manager Gareth Southgate. It’s almost as though his detractors are enjoying it. twoht
England play Germany in a bad mood and with knives drawn for manager Gareth Southgate. It’s almost as though his detractors are enjoying it.against Italy.
The Euro 2020 defeat, despite some excellent results on the way to the final, can also be dismissed because it ended in a loss, albeit it on penalty kicks at the end of the match. It’s a curious line of reasoning, that winning in knockout football can be dismissed because the draw wasn’t unkind enough, especially when those making that argument can often be the same people who crow the loudest when that sort of draw is made in the first place.
The penalty shoot-outs of 1990 and 1996 offered a revenge narrative that has never been fully satiated and certainly won’t be in a Nations League match of little to no consequence. Winning 5-1 in Munich in a 2001 World Cup qualifier didn’t do it. Getting theircertainly didn’t. Even beating them at Wembley in the second round of Euro 2020 doesn’t seem to have quelled that strange inferiority/superiority complex that the English have when it comes to this particular country.
None of this is to say that England don’t have significant issues at the moment. They haven’t won in their last five matches and haven’t scored a goal from open play in almost six months. There are questions to be asked about whether it is wise to play such a conservative formation – it is notable that Raheem Sterling has called the England defence– when it’s causing a clear issue with the pretty fundamental job of scoring goals.
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