England v Denmark | Euro 2020 Semi Final

What will the result be?

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England just about deserved it, Sterling was the difference.

Denmark were excellent defensively and lively on the counter, but England dealt with that well and Walker had as good a game as I have seen him, totally justified his selection. Stones and Maguire look solid, Shaw who I think was fortunate to start the tournament in front of Chilwell has been superb. Kane has been poor, he is hardly involved, his Penalty was fortunate and really apart from that he made little impact. I wouldn't start him against Italy, I would play a false nine, one of Mount, Foden or Grealish with the wide men Sterling and Sako/Sancho pushed high and wide. Bonnuci and Chelini will eat Kane for breakfast, give them something different to think about.

Southgate frustrates me, he changes personal, not tactics and in normal time it was crying out for a change in tactics as we struggled to get behind them. Fair play to him though, it worked out in the end and you have to give him enormous credit for that. He made a tough call in bringing Grealish off to solidify the team and that took bravery.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
About 20 mins before your comment I posted:



I guess great minds must think alike?!
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It was a gamble and it paid off - so that's all that matters. It sent a signal to Denmark that we were happy with what we had (although Sterling still nearly bagged the third right at the end) and gave them the initiative back. Up till Grealish went off England were camped in the Danish half and they looked no threat in at all. Brave call by Southgate and it worked.
 
stan bowles said:
It was a gamble and it paid off - so that's all that matters. It sent a signal to Denmark that we were happy with what we had (although Sterling still nearly bagged the third right at the end) and gave them the initiative back. Up till Grealish went off England were camped in the Danish half and they looked no threat in at all. Brave call by Southgate and it worked.
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Also Trippier would have been a option for penalty taker
 
Rascal said:
Southgate frustrates me, he changes personal, not tactics and in normal time it was crying out for a change in tactics as we struggled to get behind them. Fair play to him though, it worked out in the end and you have to give him enormous credit for that. He made a tough call in bringing Grealish off to solidify the team and that took bravery.
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I don't mind that. If you know you're the better team and the opposition are going to tire, keep playing the same way and eventually it'll come good. But I think he's shown himself to be pretty tactically flexible. There's the subtle stuff like the different combination of attacking players, and Henderson for Rice when you want to get a bit more control in midfield, possibly at the expense of a bit of defensive cover. But he's also made big changes. Last night he switched to three at the back, for example.
 
stan bowles said:
It was a gamble and it paid off - so that's all that matters. It sent a signal to Denmark that we were happy with what we had (although Sterling still nearly bagged the third right at the end) and gave them the initiative back. Up till Grealish went off England were camped in the Danish half and they looked no threat in at all. Brave call by Southgate and it worked.
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Don't know about brave,but the end result vindicated it.
 
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