Euro 2020: Why England may take a cautious approach against Croatia - Jermaine Jenas
I know people want to see a really exciting and attack-minded England display against Croatia at Wembley on Sunday - but I don't think we will start Euro 2020 on the front foot.
He might look at certain games and think he can open up a little bit more, and look to cause the opposition some problems - there will be times he might go with Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling and Mason Mount, and get them all in his team.I am hoping to see some attacking flair from us, of course. But against Croatia, Southgate will be happy to let the game develop before he lets his team off the leash to go and create.
I watched Croatia play Belgium in a friendly last Sunday and they pretty much put out the same side that will start at Wembley. So we have to be realistic about where we are at right now. We are a very good side and we have some match-winners, players who could win the tournament for us. It's going to be a tight, tense and nervy game. As fearless as they are, it's not going to be a case of all of England's skilful players on the pitch being allowed to strut their stuff.
They are going up against Kalvin Phillips, Declan Rice and, possibly, Mount. Yes, they are younger and might be more mobile and have more energy, but they are all brand new at this level - together, they have only 41 caps.
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