England were 'awful, sloppy, fatigued, lifeless and tepid' against Denmark say the pundits as they put the boot into Gareth Southgate's hapless team England 1-1 Denmark: Match report from Mail's Oliver Holt at Frankfurt Arena By Mark Duell Published: 09:36, 21 June 2024 | Updated: 10:00, 21 June 2024 e-mail 2 View comments Pundits including former England footballers slammed the team as 'awful' and 'sloppy' as they were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw by Denmark at Euro 2024 . England were also described as 'fatigued', 'lifeless' and 'tepid' after struggling to impose themselves in their second Group C outing in Frankfurt, Germany . Among those hitting out at the players was former England captain Alan Shearer who said he felt there was 'no excuse' for a performance that lacked energy.
Shearer, working for the BBC , said: 'You can see players lying on their backs - they look absolutely shattered, the England players. There's no excuse for that. 'There was no energy, no pace to the game.
We didn't run in behind until the last 10 or 15 minutes, we got caught too many times on the ball, too many sloppy passes and in truth, Denmark were the better team and deserved to win. Alan Shearer felt there was 'no excuse' for a performance that lacked energy yesterday Gary Lineker and Rio Ferdinand were both critical of the performance on the BBC's coverage Roy Keane told ITV Sport that there was no 'courage and bravery' in England's performance 'It was very poor, it wasn't good enough. I w.
