"Three Lions" and the order must change!

One of the five substitutes, Ivan Toney, has told Gareth Southgate he is "bored" at being limited to stoppage-time appearances. The Brentford striker - along with Cole Palmer, Kobbie Mainoo, Eberechi Eze, Conor Gallagher, Anthony Gordon and Erzi Konsa - has been on the bench throughout the tournament as Southgate has used almost the same line-up in four games.

Toney and Eze took advantage of their first chance of playing at the Euros to contribute to Harry Kane's goal that sealed the 2-1 win just after the first period of extra time had begun.

England need to be strengthened and renewed to go far at Euro 2024. (Photo: REUTERS)

Coach Gareth Southgate is not unaware of the frustration of players having to sit on the bench. However, as experts have pointed out, the English coach himself has almost lost his way, not knowing how to use the right to substitute or calculating who will bring efficiency in the past 4 matches.

In a dangerous situation when Slovakia were leading until the 90+4 minute, coach Southgate pulled Saka back to play left-back, using 5 strikers on the field at the same time and after Harry Kane scored in the first extra time, he immediately instructed the players to retreat to play defense. Too confusing for the mindset of a future champion's coach.

Considered a strong candidate for the Euro 2024 championship, England has not met the expectations of fans. The "Three Lions" team played below their best throughout the group stage despite complaints from experts demanding that coach Southgate replace this player and use that player.

In the match against Slovakia, England were on the brink of elimination from the 25th minute until the injury time. The team worth billions based on the legs of the star players had to prepare to pack their bags and go home early until Bellingham scored.

Considered the strongest candidate for the championship, England did not come to Euro 2024 just to win a ticket to the quarterfinals. The game has only just begun and the "Three Lions" need to change if they do not want to be eliminated early by Switzerland or then fail to get past the semi-finals when facing Austria/Netherlands/Turkey, not to mention meeting any of the "giants" France/Germany/Spain in the final.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/tam-su-va-menh-lenh-phai-thay-doi-196240701221739376.htm