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England face Denmark in their second Euro 2024 match in Group C, knowing victory will send the Three Lions through to the knockout stages.
Gareth Southgate’s side produced an unconvincing display in beating Serbia 1-0 on Sunday, and can expect a tougher examination from a Denmark side which includes Manchester United duo Christian Eriksen and Rasmus Hojlund. Eriksen scored as the Danes took the lead against Slovenia in their opening match, but a late equaliser saw the game finish 1-1.
Much of the talk since England’s first game has focused on the roles of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Phil Foden, and how they fit into the team, but Southgate says he is shutting out the noise and is expected to stick with a similar line-up to the one which started well against Serbia before fading dramatically in the second half, in the hope of an improved performance in Frankfurt today.
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The Three Lions only had 12 touches in Serbia’s box last Sunday, their lowest total of touches in the opposition box in a European Championship game since 2012.
Can they improve on that today?
England have never won their opening two matches at a European Championship tournament. They defeated Serbia 1-0 on Sunday and can qualify for the last-16 with a win tonight.

“There’s going to be a narrative around a player, a couple of players, after every England game,” Southgate said. “This is a different world to the one you experience at clubs. The players as a collective recognise that now after the last couple of days. We talked with them about it. It’s very rare at their club they’d win a game and experience what they’ve experienced over the last couple of days.
“I have to make sure I can guide them through that, let them understand it and recognise it’s the reality of our world but that we shouldn’t be thrown off track by it. We’re in a good position, we know we want to play better, there are a lot of things we did really well and we move towards tomorrow’s game.”
Spain’s 2010 World Cup winner Cesc Fabregas spoke about the growing influence of teenage midfielder Kobbie Mainoo saying: “Mainoo is so young and so unpredictable but he has this potential to play in-between the line.
“He’s a special player. I would love to see England play more offensive and on the front foot, I think it’s the perfect opportunity.”
Gareth Southgate opts to name an unchanged England team with Phil Foden remaining on the left and Trent Alexander-Arnold once again partnering Declan Rice in the middle of the pitch.
For Denmark there is one change. Joakim Maehle comes into the line-up to replace Alexander Bah.
Denmark XI: Schmeichel; Andersen, Christensen, Vestergaard; Maehle, Hjulmand, Hojbjerg, Kristiansen; Eriksen; Wind, Hojlund
England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guehi, Trippier; Alexander-Arnold, Rice, Bellingham; Saka, Kane, Foden
England should build a team around Phil Foden. Gareth Southgate doesn’t play him in the same role as Pep Guardiola. Foden’s best position is No 10. England haven’t got the best out of him.
There are variants on a theme but common denominators to the discussions around Foden. One game against Serbia – and one match of tournament football is often a time when premature conclusions about England are drawn – with no Foden shots, and an underwhelming performance, flagged them up.
And yet there are answers; some ignored, some inconvenient, some merely recognition of realities.
The Premier League’s player of the season was on the periphery of England’s edgy win over Serbia but he is still learning his place in a relatively new midfield alongside Jude Bellingham
Gareth Southgate has said he believes that Trent Alexander-Arnold will become a quarterback at the heart of his England team, rather than a midfield metronome.
The Liverpool vice-captain, who usually plays right-back for his club, is learning a new role and has been talking to Southgate for the last year about operating in midfield.
And the England manager thinks Alexander-Arnold’s ability to play defence-splitting passes from a deeper role shows the type of midfielder he can be, rather than one who knits the game together with large numbers of short passes.
Alexander-Arnold, who normally plays right-back for Liverpool, switched into midfield for England’s Euro 2024 opening win over Serbia
Trent Alexander-Arnold started the match against Serbia as a midfielder playing alongsde Declan Rice. It wasn’t so much a stroke of genius from Gareth Southgate as the Liverpool defender struggled to settle into his new role but there were clear signs that he can thrive there.
Still, some pundits believe the risk is too high for England with former Chelsea star, Frank Lampard, making the case to bring Kobbie Mainoo, a holding midfielder by trade, into the starting line-up.
“There is still a question mark about Trent [Alexander-Arnold],” former England midfielder Lampard told BBC Sport, “I am a massive fan, but to come in at this level and play there when there are so many different elements of the game to understand is difficult.
“I would look at Kobbie Mainoo and getting him in. Some kids come along that just settle into the team. You need to be able to find the pass at the right time. He sees it and nothing fazes him.”

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