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18th June 2021
10:35pm BST

"The three superstars they supposedly have up front, Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane didn’t show up... Kane looks tired." "Southgate will cling onto the fact that they have 4 points and could still qualify as group winners," Brady added, "but I don’t know."[caption id="attachment_230182" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]
Harry Kane of England reacts as he is substituted against Scotland at Wembley Stadium. (Photo by Matt Dunham - Pool/Getty Images)[/caption]
Damien Duff was perplexed as to why England switched from playing 3-4-3, since the 2018 World Cup, to 4-2-3-1 for the European Championship. He questioned some of Southgate's changes, too.
"They take Kane off and leave [Dominic] Calvert-Lewin on the bench... like, Marcus Rashford, top player but plays off the side [of a front three] for Man United." "Whether it's the pressure from the fans or pressure from the media, I don't know," Duff added. "Punters were on them tonight. They were on them after 30 minutes against Croatia... I don’t see it [with England], I don’t."Brady did feel that England were denied what looked like a clear penalty when Andrew Robertson trod on the foot of Sterling in the closing stages. "Scotland caught a break that they deserved," he noted. Both men feel England will still reach the Last 16 but, after tonight, that may be the end of the road.
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