‘This match was WORRYING!’ 😳 – Craig Burley’s REACTION to England’s win over Serbia | ESPN FC

‘This match was WORRYING!’ 😳 – Craig Burley’s REACTION to England’s win over Serbia | ESPN FC

we’ll kick things off with the favorites for the tournament England and taking on Serbia Jude Bellingham would open the scoring after 13 minutes and that was pretty much that for the game uh England sat back Serbia were the better team in the second half Harry Kane did hit the crossbar but it really was a poor performance from England but they do get the victory the three points to open up their tournament start as we welcome in Mark hton is with us Mario Mal as well before we go to them let’s kick things off in the Studio Job Done I suppose it was hard work watching you oh it was hard work watching then I think a a a wholly uninspiring yeah performance uh from England uh we saw you know Germany take a very poor Scotland side apart we saw uh Spain dismantle and experience catian side and we we saw England surrender really a lot of possession way too much to a very mediocre uh Serbia side and I ironically the first 15 minutes was actually quite upbeat from England you know passing and moving and foring drifting off the left and linking up with Bellingham and looking a threat to get the goal was an excellent goal and Bellingham charging through the middle of the park as you’d expect it’s it’s the trademark and then it sort of just went a little flat and Serbia had a cut half chances and then the second half from the moment the ball was kicked off in the second half England were on the edge of their own box I just and and this is and maybe there’s some sort of plan here to conserve energy I I don’t know I I don’t think so uh and it was worrying that England just didn’t go and make a statement and say Here’s two or three goals here we’re killing the game off we’re making the substitutions and this is a cakewalk that’s not the case and that’s going to be I think some of the criticism that comes G South getes way he’ll say like you said job done three points but trust me had this been a better site today than Serbia and England had played in this manner in terms of sitting deep and isolating Harry Kane this could easily have been a different result that’s the point isn’t it to take forward that if this was a proper opposition someone who could take their chances control the ball in the final third we’d be having completely different conversation yes 100% um I think watching the England s today I think it’s all mental I don’t think it was tactics from Southgate he wouldn’t have said to his team once we go on and up there why don’t we just sit back um I think it’s a mentality shift in the players that they need to get rid of as quick as possible these are experienced players that have won the Champions League won the Premier League why is South not out in the touch line I know they’ve won why why is you not in the touch line saying if that was if that was a club if that was a top class coach not that he’s out there and he’s going he’s way he’s not that way 15 20 yards up the field passing the ball his job to do that yeah he’s not the type of manager he wouldn’t do it verbally what he could have done is took Phil foden off and put Anthony Gordon on then you got fresh legs you’ve got a dynamic there when Jared bow came on you know there’s something different late on in the game what do you mean mentality like just take us through like what they’re thinking well go back to the euro final when they played Italy and they were winning one- nil Italy were all over the place it was a prime example where England should have got their foot down and won that game 2 3 4 they didn’t they went one nil up and they panicked a little bit they looked at the score line they tried to protect the score line the they think possession is King because they’re winning one- nil that’s something that I saw today in England you go one nil up and Craigs right 15 minutes that were really good Bellingham was off the charts good him and sacka I thought were the best two players in the pitch by a country mile some players were invisible and I think it’s nerves I think it’s getting over the line where they might grow into the tournament it might be a case where you’re in your first game you’ve seen all the big sides make a statement they’ve got really good wins scored lots of goals they were probably thinking after an hour we’ll take a one-nil win here and we’ll face a criticism and we’ll move on to game to that’s the only thing I can think of but I think it’s mental well England are not good enough to defend a game at one defensively mhm oh just today I meant cuz France would have tore them apart even today that was Edy England are not good enough defensively to just see a game out at one nil that’s not a good enough back four at this level to to do that uh there was a moment in the second half it was early in the second half when and I’ll get to this side of the field a little bit later after the lads but Jud Bingham chased back into the left back area as he does and he want to tackle and he want England to throw in and then he turned to the rest of the backf and he went get up yeah up and his frustration was evident to see [Music]

Craig Burley and Don Hutchison join Dan Thomas on ESPN FC to react to England’s 1-0 victory over Serbia in UEFA Euro 2024 Group C play.

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