THIS is an England team suffering from an identity crisis. With too many square pegs in round holes and too many big names failing to fire, England looked a million miles away from being potential European champions. All square! What a strike from Morten Hjulmand! Watch live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
#BBCEuros #Euro2024 pic.twitter.com/coyxY4cSUD When Gareth Southgate hooked England’s entire front three midway through the second half of this Group C draw, it posed far more questions than answers for the remainder of this campaign.
Harry Kane had fired England into the lead but suffered the indignity of being substituted with the match still in the balance, along with Phil Foden and Bukayo Saka. A long-range first-half equaliser from Morten Hjulmand earned Denmark a point which was the least they deserved. And while Foden hit the post early in the second half, this was a thoroughly unconvincing performance.
England are as good as through to the last 16 and will top this group if they defeat Slovenia in Cologne on Tuesday. But with Trent Alexander-Arnold’s central midfield experiment failing badly, with no fit left-back in the squad and now with debate over all of England’s front three - this is turning into a muddled campaign. Serbia’s draw with Slovenia meant that an England victory would have guaranteed top-place in the group with a game to spare - and pair Southgate’s men with a third-placed team in the last 16.
Southgate named an unchanged side from Sunday’s .