The England team beat Serbia 1-0 this Sunday in their debut for group C of the Euro 2024 championship being held in Germany. With a goal from Jude Bellingham but without shiningGareth Southgate’s team achieved a tight victory that allows them to command their zone, after the draw between Denmark and Slovenia.
England won because of Bellingham’s header. The English team was not much more, from which another performance was expected. When Southgate revealed his eleven, the world looked impressed. Foden, Bellingham, Saka and Kane. The symphony sounded perfect, clear, imposing. On the field he reduced his volume tremendously. But it was decisive. Three of them participated in the first goal. She doesn’t even need to play at a high level to be definitive.
Although a succession of individuals of such magnitude is not an absolute guarantee, There are few teams in the world that have so much power in attack like the current English one; runner-up in 2021, among the favorites in 2024. He never won the Euro, which appears to be his great challenge.
At the beginning, The Balkan team felt inferior, withdrew and waited. She couldn’t last even a quarter of an hour. After 12 minutes the cross from the right by Bukayo Saka and Bellingham’s attack beat Strahinja Pavlovic and with a header he made it 1-0.
In the second half, English control was maintained, but not with the same intensity as the first half. The Serbs began to attack and had the tie in a cross that Aleksandar Mitrovic failed to connect against Kieran Trippier’s mark.
Bellingham’s header to make it 1-0. (EFE)
England broke Serbia’s plan, but also led it to a scenario that it did not dislike either. Released from defensive precautions, he dared to take a step forward. And he has the equipment to play the Balkan team in attack, as Vlahovic demonstrated when he tried his forehand, but it went wide.
England must also demand more from itself. Within the complexity, he lacked consistency in his offense. He did not create a number of chances as his resources and his overflow suggest. The next one, already into the second half, It was a shot by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Needs more ambition. And he must also adjust in defense, because he granted options that are decisive in greater challenges. She was not sure, between the feeling that the edge of victory, so minimal, with only a 0-1 in favor, was so thin that any carelessness would be fatal. Although England committed it, Serbia did not take advantage of it, that the VAR claimed and a penalty on Aleksandar Mitrovic, which did not appear.
By that time the British team was already playing with fire, although could have ended the game with a header from Harry Kane which Rajkovic took against the crossbar. However, on the other hand he also required the Jordan Pîckford’s stretch to prevent Dusan Vlahovic from making it 1-1.
The second day of group C will be played on Thursday and will face Serbia with Slovenia, starting at 10, and England with Denmark, starting at 1:00 p.m.
