England began its own historical struggle against Serbia

There is no other maxim here European Cup for England: win or die. At least in a figurative sense and that is him Gareth Southgate He has let it slip that if he doesn’t win the crown, his project at the head of the British team will be over.

With all this pressure, the inventors of football came to their first meeting Germany. The rival, a Serbia that it is more competitive than it seems and that it can play off the anxiety accumulated by some English people who have always fought at the Euros, last time falling in the final against Italy on penalties in 2021.

It has all the arguments to win and more. England. At least if you look at its offensive potential. Few calls in the history of The Three Lions will have so much strength and quality in their ranks. There is no doubt that, at the level of Arsenal in attack, the English took the cake later in addition to seeing how, now definitely, their game stopped being a direct football in a hybrid of control and blow

There are so many great cards in the deck of Southgate, with certain doubts that eleven will end up organizing their rivalry against Serbia. At least in a couple of positions, because those are definitely untouchable Harry Kane as forward, Phil Foden, Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice. Certainly the most important unknown is to see if the Real Madrid player plays next to the Arsenal player, as happened in Qatar, or if he plays as a ’10’, where he performed well with Ancelotti . Everything points to this variant, being Alexander-Arnold the companion of tiredness in the double pivot and complements the line of three playmakers Bukayo Sakawho has not yet forgotten the penalty he missed in the 2021 Euro Cup On the bench, players like Cole Palmer or Ollie Watkins, who had a good season.

However, defense and goalkeeping is another story. Maguire wasn’t there, but that didn’t mean more security because Gee nor does it clarify doubts, as Pickford in the arch. And at a bad time it will come Serbia as a rival to prove or not whether in this irregular defense England really choose to be champions. And if there is something about the combination of Dragan Stojkovic These are enough weapons to create a gap in the English wall. Aleksandar Mitrovic and Dusan Vlahovicwith fine feet of Dusan Tadic from the back, they can put the Three Lions in a significant bind, which will need to overcome a rival who will sometimes plant a line of five defenders along the wings. Kostic and Zivkovic, two bullets that add a lot to the attack and could be the key to Serbia’s surprise.