Experimental England fail to click in Nations League draw with Denmark
08-Sep-2020 21:04:32 | Guardian
Pre-season is a time for experimentation and that is precisely what this was. A result that dented England’s Nations League aspirations was an unwanted part of the equation - Belgium, who beat Iceland, are now in charge of the section – but with so much being seen through the prism of the European Championship finals at the end of the season, what could Gareth Southgate learn here?
The short answer was that he saw too much to trouble him, particularly during a tepid first-half, and not enough to encourage. Southgate road-tested a 3-4-3 formation, which got a little tighter in the second-half and created a platform for some chances but England could not make the most of their limited crop.
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