Despite teetering so close to predictable failure, England are still in Euro 2024. Now they just need to play better
OK. So you’re saying there’s a chance. With 94 minutes of football already played at a clammy and frazzled AufSchalke Arena, with England 1-0 down against Slovakia and about to exit the European Championship in miserable fashion, with the entire Age of Gareth poised to sink into a toxic farewell, the range of possibilities for the next few seconds seemed fairly stark.
Forty minutes later England would leave the pitch victorious, 2-1 winners of their last-16 tie after extra time, drenched in the sweet, sweet sounds of Sweet Caroline, and ready now for a quarter-final against Switzerland on Saturday.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/30/gareth-southgate-jude-bellingham-england-slovakia-euro-2024-last-16
Author : Barney Ronay at the AufSchalke Arena
Publish date : 2024-06-30 21:49:36
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