'Football's Coming Home': England aim to emulate spirit of Euro 96

LONDON: Twenty-five years after England's dramatic Euro 96 campaign revived the nation's love affair with football, Gareth Southgate's side aim to emulate the golden summer when football came home.

If England can create the same wave of national enthusiasm that Terry Venables' team surfed 25 years ago, Southgate will have a chance of winning a first major title for the country since the 1966 World Cup. The debauchery peaked in the"dentist's chair" -- a drinking game in which the footballers sat with their mouths open as tequila and vodka were poured in.

But England's tournament turned in the grudge match against Scotland, an opponent who lie in wait for Southgate's men in their Euro 2020 group. "Gazza saw the dentist's chair in the middle of this bar. From that moment it turns into chaos," former England midfielder Jamie Redknapp recalled. England produced one of their greatest performances to crush the Netherlands 4-1 in their final group game.

If Southgate thinks John Stones is the pillar in defence in the absence of Maguire, it’s doom. Stones holds up play, advancing 2 paces then pass the ball backwards. He passes the ball side ward and the run towards the receiver to collect back so that he can do it all over again.

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