Gareth Southgate: England's opening win relieves tension
England play all three of their group games at Wembley and the atmosphere was electric at full-time as fans in the quarter-full stadium sang Three Lions and chanted "it's coming home"."It's a lovely day for the English public," he said. "We've waited a long time for the beer gardens to open.England, who are in Group D, will face Scotland next on Friday 18 June before taking on the Czech Republic on Tuesday 22 June.
Manchester City's Kyle Walker started ahead of Chelsea's Reece James, while Sterling was given the nod in place of Aston Villa's Jack Grealish. Asked about Trippier, Southgate said: "We felt that his talking across the back line and his ability to get out and stop crosses quickly and his experience on a day like today - alongside Tyrone Mings, who is relatively early in his international career - would be a good stabilising element.
"He is a very underrated player. People are still looking at the player from a few years ago and not at the one who is at Atletico Madrid and playing like a warrior in the last few seasons.Your England XI to start against Scotland
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