1900 – ONE HOUR TO KICK-OFF Shaw in, Trippier out. 1851 – THE ENGLAND TEAM IS HERE! Here is England’s XI to face Spain in the Euro 2024 final: Jordan Pickford, Marc Guehi, John Stones, Kyle Walker, Luke Shaw, Declan Rice, Kobbie Mainoo, Bukayo Saka, Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Harry Kane. Shaw coming in for Kieran Trippier is the one change made by Southgate.
Your #ThreeLions for the final! 🏴 pic.twitter.com/89vFVGLfZW — England (@England) July 14, 2024 1850 Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer compared Southgate’s struggle to convince the public he is the right man for England to his own battle for the keys to Number 10.
He told ITV Sport: “It’s been an amazing 10 days, to have a Labour government and to hit the ground running, we’ve tried to get across a sense of service but electoral victories don’t drop from the sky, we had to work for it and so did the England manager. “You don’t get to a final just by luck: it’s talent, skill, strategy and I just desperately hope now we get that win this evening.” Asked about the criticism Southgate has faced during the course of this tournament, Starmer added: “I can totally relate to that.
When I started as Labour leader people said you’re not going get it over the line, we weren’t going quick enough, we’ll never get a Labour government. “Gareth obviously started this with people saying it wasn’t good enough. I always said from the get-go this is a fantastic squad, a fant.
