My suspicion that Gareth Southgate will leave things unchanged for the final proved wrong. He brought in Kieran Trippier for Bukayo Saka and moved to a 3-4-3 system that was meant to exploit the areas in behind Italy’s full backs. No more than a few minutes had gone by, and it seemed Southgate had already been vindicated, when England broke rapidly and scored on the counterattack. Harry Kane dropped deep, picked the ball up from Luke Shaw, and released Trippier who was bombing into the vast expanse of space on the right-wing. Shaw, having played the ball to Kane, didn’t stop. He darted into the box and met Trippier’s cross with a perfect finish past Gianluigi Donnarumma.
England's Just Deserts
England's Just Deserts
England's Just Deserts
My suspicion that Gareth Southgate will leave things unchanged for the final proved wrong. He brought in Kieran Trippier for Bukayo Saka and moved to a 3-4-3 system that was meant to exploit the areas in behind Italy’s full backs. No more than a few minutes had gone by, and it seemed Southgate had already been vindicated, when England broke rapidly and scored on the counterattack. Harry Kane dropped deep, picked the ball up from Luke Shaw, and released Trippier who was bombing into the vast expanse of space on the right-wing. Shaw, having played the ball to Kane, didn’t stop. He darted into the box and met Trippier’s cross with a perfect finish past Gianluigi Donnarumma.