Young England team swagger past Greece under interim manager to make you feel it’s a shame he isn’t getting the job full-time
The moment of the night in Athens came on 82 minutes, with England’s young team romping about the place like cosseted schoolboys, all jinky little twirls and prim one-touch keep-ball. On the right wing Morgan Gibbs-White, once of Lee Carsley’s under-21s, flicked the ball inside towards the white shirts in the centre. The closest of them was Curtis Jones, also once of Lee Carsley’s under-21s, who did something entirely in keeping with his almost laughably unhurried performance all night, letting the ball run past him, then producing a perfectly pinged instep drag-flick into the far corner.
It made the score 3-0, the final significant act of England’s penultimate outing under an interim manager who has, it turns out, something of the avenger about him, the quiet revolutionary, a Martin Luther in overly tight lycra tracksuit bottoms.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/nov/14/is-it-time-to-call-tuchel-for-an-awkward-chat-as-england-flourish-under-carsley
Author : Barney Ronay at the Olympiako Stadio Spyros Louis
Publish date : 2024-11-14 23:42:23
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