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June 18, 2021: Equal without goals at Wembley between England and Scotland.
In group D, the British side by side with the Czech Republic at 4 points, while the Scots go to 1 with Croatia.
Everything is decided in the last round with England-Czech Republic and Croatia-Scotland, scheduled for next Tuesday.
Rice and Phillips dam in front of the defense, attacking midfielders Foden, Mount and Sterling behind Kane. Southgate confirms his 4-2-3-1. In Clarke's 3-5-2 there are ten players who play between Premier (Tierney, McTominay and Robertson stand out) and Championship, only one, McGregor, in Celtic. The Scots put on great physicality and become dangerous with Adams, walled up by Stones. The same central defender of the whites is the protagonist in the 12 ': on a corner he heads high and takes the post. The English ball is insistent but also slow and with few ideas. Kane cannot be found as a terminal. So it is Pickford who has to perform with a non-trivial intervention on O'Donnell's turn.
The recovery begins without changes, the rain in London is a pleasant diversion from the heat of these days. The maneuver of England does nothing but favor the flurries on the counterattack of the Scots. On corner action James saves near the line on Hanley's volley. Southgate alternates the intangible Foden with Grealish and then Kane (never in the game) with Rashford. But it doesn't change much. On the contrary, the British have to thank Adams' bad aiming who shoots high from an inviting position and avoids pickford headaches. Southgate will have a lot of work to do to lift the thick veil of opacity from his team, Clarke can celebrate a great result and even manage to snatch the round of 16 qualification against Croatia.