“I thought we were going home.”

John Stones He is one of the five untouchables at the back for the English coach, Gareth Southgate. The central City of Manchester He started four Euro 2024 matches, three in the group stage and the round of 16, with the ‘toffee’ Jordan PickfordYour partners Kyle Walkerthe eagle’ Marc Guéhi and the ‘magpie’ Kieran Tripper.

That’s a back Southgatehighly criticized in the islands, will be forced to change to quarters, against Switzerlanddue to the sanction of Geewho saw his second yellow card of the tournament in the hard-fought victory Slovakia (2-1). A success that, according to stones“it will change a lot of things” in the English team.

“This will be an emotional turning point. “When you do those things – defining Jude Bellingham’s overhead kick goal – you can believe it,” said the former Everton at a press conference where he said he was “good” with a knee problem and acknowledged he saw himself out of the Euros. “Until the 60th minute I thought we were going home,” he declared.

Trent, back to eleven?

This Saturday, at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf (6:00 pm), stones will debut a dance partner, including Ezra Konsa as a favorite exchange Gee preceded by Lewis Dunk. Another new thing, along with the system change, could be the return of Trent Alexander-Arnold in ownership.

After failing miserably in his attempt to make it with the winger Declan Rice in the double pivot, Southgate He considered moving him back to the right lane, switching to a 5-3-2 where he would match the Swiss scheme. In this case, the doubt lies in between Trent and Ivan Toneywhich entering eleven will cause tripper change bands and Bukayo Saka his position will be delayed.