Football: After Germany win, there may be a future in England's dreaming

LONDON: England manager Gareth Southgate prefers 'managing expectations' to euphoria but such an approach is hard to maintain when your team has just beaten their old rivals Germany and kicked off the biggest party since the pandemic hit the country.

He quickly turned talked to his team keeping"feet on the ground", mentally being"in the right space". Indeed, a look at the two squad lists before Tuesday's game showed England had an array of talent - young, skilful players performing weekly in the Premier League and Champions League - that should have been expected to beat a German team that was mediocre by their often world-beating standards.

But it didn't feel to be working when, ten minutes into the second half, that trio of players warmed-up on the touchline to cheers from the crowd, while their team mate's laboured with little craft.Grealish eventually entered the field, to a loud roar and promptly changed the course of the game and possibly the tournament for England.

Of course, the style of England's football will be of little concern to anyone in the country, should they end their 55 year wait for a trophy at Wembley on Jul 11.

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