This was England's only away game at Euro 2020, and the atmosphere undoubtedly had a very different feel about it at times. After the Euro 96 throwback experience at Wembley, this harked back to the days of Italia 90 - although sadly without quite the same number of England fans present, because of coronavirus travel restrictions. Arguably he should have scored, but he provide yet another different attacking threat for England at this tournament - Gareth Southgate certainly isn't short of them. Sancho could even have had a goal himself, rolling his marker towards the end of the first half, before firing straight at the keeper. Perhaps boosted by the news of his imminent move to Manchester United, the winger showed some nice touches on the right flank - producing one particularly impressive give-and-go that started a move that almost led to a goal. This then was Sancho's first ever start at a major tournament, and he took his chance. It was Luke Shaw who set up the first goal in that game though, albeit from open play, and he then produced England's first set piece goal of the tournament against Ukraine - curling in a brilliant free kick for Harry Maguire to thump home. Dropping Kieran Trippier to the bench for the match could have been an issue in that department - the Atletico Madrid full back was the architect of England's set piece success in 2018 and produced some better deliveries against Germany. They went into this game yet to score a single one at Euro 2020, with question marks at times about the delivery. Shaw bags more assists - and breaks set piece duckĮngland scored a highly impressive five goals from set pieces at the 2018 World Cup - a big part of why they reached the semi finals. Kane was there in the right place at the right time after the interval too, emphatically heading home his second of the game. Put Harry Kane clear on goal like that, and he's just not going to miss. That was proven when he netted England's second against Germany - the hope was that would set him off on a goalscoring run, and he needed only four minutes against Ukraine to find the net.
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