Euro 2024: England enter the fray with Serbia opener in Gelsenkirchen

I plotted England major tournament defeats alongside my descent into middle age...from vague childhood memories to getting shitfaced in giant screened bars to parenthood... it was cathartic I think...and he couldn’t care less who they’re playing against.

We have all had great seasons so time will tell, you have to turn club form into international form and that is what we will be looking to do and we have had a couple of weeks now to prepare with each other and we have got to go and show that.Tonight’s game has been categorised as “high risk” by German police, who are unsure how the travelling Serbia and England fans will behave.

Six months ago I was convinced England would win the tournament. Now I’m not so sure, mainly because of the defence. If I was an England fan I’d also be worried about the lack of width in the team, especially when they come up against a low block.– pure bred, no hybrid – tonight. Many pundits have criticised his lack of defensive nous, most notably Wayne Rooney and Roy Keane, and Gareth Southgate was asked the question during his press conference.

Kane made the point that the squad stood apart from previous vintages because of the form that many of the players were taking into the finals. Phil Foden, for example, is the player of the year in England; Jude Bellingham in Spain. Kane also backed himself to win the Golden Boot, which he secured at the 2018 World Cup. “There is no reason why I cannot be the top scorer,” he said. “If we do well, I expect myself to be up there. That confidence is still there.

I hope there is more to come. Obviously when you win 5-1 it is a statement but it is just the start and you can see how much quality there is in the team, how many good players that we have.

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