England ability to win fouls was the deciding factor
Day 3 | Poland vs Netherlands | Slovenia vs Denmark | Serbia vs England
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Is their a quota of decent subs that Southgate is allowed to make?
Andy Milne in the crowd again 
Kane loves to dive around.
True but this is more due to Serbian's stupidity tbh
Fixed.
Shocking dives
Thank feck for that
And ironically without any United players at all until the last few minutes!
England look particularly shite. The likes of Germany and France will run right through them.
He’s becoming a figure of hate for no reason for some.
that’s brilliant forward play 1-0 up with a minute to go.
Horrible game overall, can’t remember a single attack down the left hand side.
Well that was shite
England to their credit have finally learnt to play for tactical fouls.
Southgate is genuinely not a winner. His instinct is to defend the lead to death instead of adding more pressure. Some players were poor tonight but you can tell tactically they were asked to sit back and defend. This won't wash against top sides.
Somebody watch the amount of bets in Paqueta's hometown for how many fouls called.
well that was awful
Southgates plan worked.
Crap performance but a fair result. Need to make some tweaks in the next game.
Job done. Got the first game out of the way with a win, and in 'low-power' mode. Not a great game, but did enough to see it through.
Serbia just spammed crosses into the English box. No creativity whatsoever, England gave them every opportunity to make something
Time passed and something happened.
It's come down to zero willingness to play a short pass, all long ball, and relying on MOTM Kane getting cheap fouls for time
The hell does this team do in practice?
The hell does this team do in practice?
Good result.
Guehi and Bowen the positives for me. We knew Saka and Bellingham were excellent.
Foden and Kane a worry. TAA won't start on Thursday.
Guehi and Bowen the positives for me. We knew Saka and Bellingham were excellent.
Foden and Kane a worry. TAA won't start on Thursday.
A performance of champions.
Classic England tournament victory.
Oh feck off with Sweet Caroline. Yuck.
Glorious Victory
World class, golden generation, it's coming home...
I think with this performance, could see a few teams run through them not just Germany/France.
Terrible crosses too.
Absolutely. Not sure if it's the anti-England bias undercurrent there's always been on here, or just some jealousy. But what's he achieved already at 20 is awesome.
so bad. out as soon as we play anyone decent.
we’re a right wing only country with reform and farage.
Maybe I’m footballed out but the opening round so far has been poor.
3pts never in doubt 
Bad guys win
“t’s easy to grow when you gain 3 points“
commentator getting a bit too excited
commentator getting a bit too excited