With his crossing ability, penetrating runs and goal threat, he’d be the perfect understudy for Bukayo Saka at the very least. And Solly March is having the season of his life at Brighton.
Ezri Konsa has been excelling in the Aston Villa defence for a while. Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze was on the verge of a call-up before his serious Achilles injury and offers rare creativity – he’s the closest thing England have to a Thomas Müller-style Raumdeuter, even if he’s not the finished article. Southgate isn’t one for leftfield choices but sometimes new faces can shake up a squad. England v Ukraine is on Sunday 26 March at 4pm on Channel 4 HD. Italy v England is on Thursday 23 March at 7pm on Channel 4 HD (CH 104/108).
But once the whistle goes, it’ll be a hard-fought contest.Īhead of the games, we ask the big questions the England boss and former waistcoat model will have to answer as his team embarks on their Euros qualifying journey. There are other reasons they’re desperate for success, of course, and we expect England and their fans to pay tribute to the strength of the Ukrainian people in terrible circumstances. There are two automatic qualifying places on offer – which means Ukraine, who visit Wembley on Sunday, will be extra determined to break into the top two at the expense of either England or Italy. The two teams are rivals for top spot in Group C, so this opening game in Naples on Thursday is a chance for both sides to lay down a marker. Now Gareth Southgate’s men are facing Roberto Mancini’s side yet again, in the first match of a double-header of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers over the coming weekend. Italy have proven themselves as difficult opponents for England in recent dust-ups, beating them in the final of Euro 2020 and then consigning them to Nations League relegation with a 1-0 win in Milan in September.īut while England put in a decent performance at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, before exiting in the quarter-final stage to defending champs (and eventual runners-up) France, the Italians were sitting at home biting their knuckles in frustration having failed to even qualify.
International football can be weird sometimes.
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