Despite Jesse Lingard being poked from the European Championship squad, he was in the starting eleven against Austria. How is it that? Jadon Sancho was injured and those who played the Champions League final not available, Gareth Southgate confirmed to Sky Sports.
That’s why England came up with a slightly scarred team. But that did not stop them from dominating completely for the first 30 minutes, before Austria slowly but surely entered the match. And the first goal would come shortly after the break.
After carelessness in Austria’s midfield, England were able to counter. In the end, the ball ended up centrally to Jack Grealish, who would only shave 1-0. Before the midfielder had time to act, the ball was slipped away by defenders. Luckily for England, the ball ended up with Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka, who rolled in 1-0 in the open goal and thus his first A national team goal.
In the absolute final stages of the match, England suffered a serious injury. Trent Alexander-Arnold, who joined the European Championship squad despite information that he would be poked, linked out.
– That is a face of concern, stated C More’s commentator Christopher Kviborg.
After the match, national team captain Gareth Southgate commented on the defender’s injury.
– We will look into it, but it is not good to see him resign in the way he did. We will know more within 24 to 48 hours.
Luckily for England, they (probably) have the widest right-back set ever in a championship. In addition to Alexander Arnold, Kieran Tripper, Kyle Walker and Reece James are in the squad.
–
:quality(80)/cdn-kiosk-api.telegraaf.nl/3d6d67b2-c3e4-11eb-a03a-02d2fb1aa1d7.jpg "Israel gets unity government, Netanyahu era seems to end | Abroad")