How will England line up against Spain for Euro 2024 final?

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Rob Dorsett looks ahead the final of of Euro 2024 and takes a closer look at how England could line up.
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[@Sharpyste]

Dont know but it be nice if we stopped telling everyone

[@richiestockton]

💡

[@jonpostigo4381]

Va a dar igual.

[@AIMAGICSTREAM]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nihlify]

Literally every team in the world knows what Southgate will do lol

[@markdraycott3974]

@@jonpostigo4381correct, we are still going to win.

[@ElonBlack1999]

Kobbie and Jude will absolutely be in the lineup

[@jokerdog3332]

What about Kane….. I’m worried about our defence if he doesn’t play

[@sugoshiyer1540]

Euro U21 2023 Final - Spain vs England Euro 2024 Final - Spain vs England Expect these 2 to dominate European football over next few years

[@Zizoosworld]

@@sugoshiyer1540 once our team clicks and we have a healthier approach to our football we will

[@yawanane6962]

What was the result of the u21 final mate?

[@luisarevalo8394]

@@yawanane6962England win and last min penalty save 1-0

[@user-du8kd3sn8n]

It always amazes me in every media channel how they talk about those who were critical of the team as though it’s always someone else and never them. And then they proceed to be critical themselves. Kind of like everyone else is a bad driver

[@Yeast85]

It’s the same with certain news media stories that people wouldn’t care less about if it wasn’t wall to wall coverage. Then they say there’s lots of public interest, trolls, conspiracy theorists etc.

[@kevinbas6756]

British media 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾🚽🚾

[@happyfish9692]

"Kane is not fit and not right, but he will start" ... Just listen to that statement! We have an in form striker, Watkins, why the hell won't we just start the best team! Why wait until we go behind and then take Kane off?! Madness

[@MrSinclairn]

Shades of Kane's shenanigans for THFC on the eve of their 2019 UCL Cup Final against L'pool - Moura became an impact sub,so an unfit but egotistical Kane could start,when it should have been the other way round ! 🙄

[@AIMAGICSTREAM]

Agreed.

[@deanhorsfield7861]

Because Watkins is an impact player and so is Tony

[@silverscuderia]

Because even with that injury he’s still scored 3 important goals

[@user-fv1rn2xe4f]

Kane is world class, the captain and all the goals in the world career wise. Impact players, such as Gordon, Bowen, grealish, Watkins, toney etc (ik grealish isn’t in the squad) and maybe even palmer. They all offer a different type of football, different teams need tactical changes DURING the match, which is where these players come in if we are talking from an England perspective. Watkins goal was a Watkins classic, he was in the perfect moment at the perfect time from his signature strike. There’s no reason to drop Kane unless towards the latter stages of the game we need to change the areas of attack If you can’t understand that then you shouldn’t criticise

[@royc888]

my very superstitious Taoist friend started praying to Queen Elizabeth the 1st who defeated Spanish Armada for good luck.

[@WillLee-ue9vw]

Mate, this sounds like AI writing to me 😂

[@bonglesnodkins329]

Pretty sure it was Sir Francis Drake.

[@highhopes1616]

Your Queen didn't defeat the Armada. It was the weather. And what happened the next year is also worth mentioning... The counter-Armada was defeated by a w woman (Maria Pita) who lead the Spanish to victory.

[@newdayhomes8069]

Kane should be on the bench. Watkins should start.

[@REMsleepers]

Luke Shaw should start

[@Vedranzuvela-CR7]

Against Yamal?

[@dteezle]

I don't know if he should, starting him is a risk in a final. Trippier shouldn't have been starting, Trent should have RWB and Walker LWB but I am not sure on Shaw. Ideally yes but big risk

[@SirArtsy]

It would have been a 4-2-3-1, with Bellingham given license to go forward. Only problem with this is that Foden is going to playing on the left and you won't get the best out of him that way, Gareth knows this. If only Rashford had shown some of his form from the previous seasons! This would've been the perfect formation & team for that. So you have to think it'll be the same formation vs Holland (5-2-3) with the only difference Shaw in for Trippier. However, this formation exposes your wings and Spain have arguably the two best wingers of the tournament in their team. It will be interesting to see how the team sets up.

[@airzee515]

I am absolutely buzzing for the final and fully behind england but we wont get away with that weakness in attack down the left or a 50% striker. It needs sorting!

[@zacbrad6436]

Lets make history Come on England

[@jokerdog3332]

By winning or losing?

[@zacbrad6436]

@@jokerdog3332 of course winning!! 😡

[@jokerdog3332]

@@zacbrad6436 just checking as it would be more historical to lose another final and continue to be a major footballing nation that has only ever won 1 major trophy in the last 150 years. Winning it would not be historical, if anything by now it should have been inevitable.

[@zacbrad6436]

@@jokerdog3332 why u hate england so much whats the problem, i think your country one of the countries that had been colonized by British thats why youre spreading hates

[@jokerdog3332]

@@zacbrad6436 I see what’s happened here, you are confusing facts with hate. You must be a socialist from the Lbqwtxyz+ brigade. My apologies, my comments were meant for someone with a sense of humour and a sense of perspective.

[@melvin_eats]

Spain is the final test

[@xfph1LLy]

Eh ? They have played 1 good side all tournament 😂

[@highhopes1616]

​@@xfph1LLyAnd how many good sides have England played? 😂😂😂 Spain are the final test for sure. They've won all their games. They played beautiful football. They said good-bye to tiki-taka and started a new different approach to the game.

[@drick2480]

Bring Luke Shaw, Watkins and Palmer on as subs. I think Gordon could be a factor too.

[@jokerdog3332]

It’s too late to hope that Southgate has woken up. He’s committed to winning with his bland, play for the last 10 minutes brand of football, with his mates….. I think it’s football, but I am not sure

[@HappyBob701]

Gordon won’t play. He prefers Eze

[@jokerdog3332]

@@HappyBob701 Eze won’t play either, he prefers bland, play for penalties style football. When he leaves we win the next 3 tournaments.

[@MegaBagera]

Would love to see Foden and Watkins

[@zetimedinah]

This is the golden chance for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to bring home the european cup...It's difficult to reach to this stage..To beat 🇪🇸 isn't impossible, they're human too...Play with all your heart...

[@hmmm5082]

"Golden chance", on paper maybe like a fairytale. Spain have been so much better playing some games in 3rd gear that they'd have to throw the game to lose. It ain't coming home.

[@yawanane6962]

Just pray Spain has a bad day, that’s the only way England are winning cos ain’t no way this England defense are stopping Spain from scoring twice considering how both teams have played

[@AlfredoDerian]

England 2 - Spain 1 Come back to this.

[@Vedranzuvela-CR7]

Everyone is saying a 2-1 win for both teams

[@goldenpass4766]

Spain 3, England 0. Unless diver kane gets another penalty.

[@JimCarner777]

Nonsense, everyone knows the Three Lions will win 18-0. Come back to this.

[@hmmm5082]

Yes on Fifa 24 maybe. Keep dreaming.

[@hmmm5082]

​@@JimCarner777yes in Rugby Union for sure.

[@richiestockton]

Watkins carrying Kane literally - cmon old faithful - show me and many others 'we were wrong to doubt you! 😂

[@juismac]

I think one of the main reasons why they’re taking 23 outfield players to a tournament like this is so that a Manager can use most of them. The top players in the top teams these days are playing a lot more games in the season than say 20 years ago. Most are carrying a slight injury or just fatigued in these tourneys so as a Manager you have to know how to use most of the players. Playing the same players every game when you have fresh players on the bench raring to go ( like Ollie Watkins) just does not seem like great game to game management to me. As a player, I’d hate to go to a tournament just to be a cheerleader and not be given any chance to play at all.

[@manormachine100]

If only England had a rapid left winger to really get at Spain's 38-year-old right back.

[@-Chunk]

Think Carvajal is back

[@sadiqulkadir7507]

​@@-Chunkyupp he's back

[@Sophienfreya]

@@-Chunkyep

[@Vedranzuvela-CR7]

He is 32…

[@K.B.D0]

England are dead😂Saka and trippier as full backs against yamal/williams🤌🤌

[@mwenyachomba1091]

Palmer should start for either kane or Bellingham

[@ps5andstuffhere]

Palmer is not a striker

[@mrjuanpinto]

@@ps5andstuffhere so for Bellingham or Foden

[@verawallace9055]

Why would he not start Bellingham doesn't make sense

[@farahomar6880]

For Bellingham is a stretch for foden fair enough I think foden would have more impact from the bench around 60 mins like he does with city but to take Bellingham off is insane

[@samuelwachira6170]

​@@farahomar6880 Like he does for City?? Foden has been a starter for City for the entire season.

[@indiechana9771]

We will find out at 7pm on Sunday!

[@JamieRobert_]

8pm

[@bigd_selectersmg]

Your both correct

[@petershortland478]

It has to be with back 5 because it works has worked twice in a row

[@MrMChau7]

Will be the exact same team

[@yenneferofvengerberg9588]

No team as won the final while playing in the 2nd semi final since 2008, that includes euros or world cups. the extra day rest is a very obvious advantage for teams who play in the 1st semi on a tuesday.. ironically spain were the last team to win a final while playing the 2nd semi final back in 2008.

[@who9387]

@yenneferofvengerberg9588 - And this means .........................DIDDLY SQUAT

[@dmnick123ify]

No excuses. 😂 let England play.

[@juismac]

Reason why Spain won in 2008 with one day less rest was because they won their 1st two games so most of their starters were rested in the 3rd group game. Makes a world of difference in these end of year tournaments. Southgate should have done that against Slovenia but he played the same lineup except for one. Spain rested their players their 3rd game and now have another day of rest. 3-1 Spain.

[@kailashpatel1706]

Fascinating..

[@kailashpatel1706]

@@juismac The England-Dutch game did not go to ET but it was also much more draining as it hanged in the balance..

[@ulfanfinneriksen4643]

Probably the same. Perhaps with Shaw as left wingback, but I don't think so. Trippier have been defensively solid. They will Probably share time on the pitch. I predict Southgate will use all five subs. So many capable players. 😊

[@sterlingmarshel6299]

that's not the issue - its when he goes to bench. Its always too late

[@francolive5718]

I think it's whether he starts Shaw or Trippier is the main debate.

[@nihlify]

Exactly. There's literally zero chance he'll make more than 1 chance, hilarioius how people keep talking before each game like he will.

[@who9387]

No point even discussing this, we all know it woill be exactly the same.

[@Tonow955]

Yes it woill

[@tomgoymour1820]

The same as what? the same as what has happened before or the same as what has just happened? Which is more likely? because what has just happened is by Emgland winining that semifinal and winning the penalty shoot out before, they actually have the best record in major tournaments of any European team over te last 4 tournaments (6 years) ... other than the fact we haven't actually won! If they do 'the same' as they have been doing then that would mean performing even better tomorrow ... I think that will be enough to get them over the line. Spain play the best football but they have some weaknesses. Certainly worth discussing.

[@librapower7810]

As a Scotland fan I just hope England can raise their game and beat Spain like we did. However I just cant see them getting to our level

[@chrischarman8707]

Funny guy

[@liammurtagh601]

😂

[@K.B.D0]

They dont have the goat scoop

[@hoogmonster]

LOL 😂

[@laurasands8322]

Same eleven as against the Netherlands undoubtedly, Southgate is still in charge.

[@jordanmpeck5751]

woww, england never had a better manager than southgate in this century

[@Ollie121299OnPC]

@@jordanmpeck5751he isn’t, just had easy runs in the tournaments

[@bonglesnodkins329]

@@Ollie121299OnPC That's the kind of thing only a naive clown would say. (And the world is full of naive clowns.)

[@JimCarner777]

@@Ollie121299OnPC So-called 'easy' runs and England still manages to make a meal out of it.

[@Parissolemn]

Just utilise subs 60’ onwards plenty of options.

[@really8930]

That’s the key. In almost every game England have been good or better, in the first half. Then, energy levels drop. Southgate has been leaving the subs too late. Just about got away with it against the Dutch, who until the Watkins and Palmer substitutions had got on top of England with subs of their own, and looked the more likely side to score next. Southgate has got to make those subs (2 or 3) at around the hour mark, or the momentum might swing away decisively in Spain’s favour.

[@Andrew-il1rh]

​@really8930 he won't make the subs til 80 mins again

[@Rua007]

If he does as you say, than he is not the coach of England. He should do it sa he should....

[@iron982]

​@@really8930new football fan here I don't think it was bad decision to sub watkins and Palmer at end as both were on high intensity till last minute and hence watkins scored magnificent goal Why'd you sub them earlier when kane was not tired?

[@really8930]

@@iron982 Hi. You sub Kane earlier because he was exhausted earlier much earlier than the time he was subbed. This is shown by his average positions in the first and second halves. In the first half he played relatively high up the pitch. In the second half, as he fatigued, he dropped deeper and deeper, and on average played about 20 metres further back in the second half than he had in the first half. This meant that when England got the ball in the second half before the subs, there was no striker up top, in a position to receive the ball from the midfield and run at the Dutch defence. Arguably, Southgate left subs too late in the 2 biggest games of his managerial life. Against Croatia in the 2018 WC semi-final and Italy in the last Euros final, England took the lead early on in both games and were the better side. But Southgate just stood there in the second half and made no subs, as Croatia and then Italy gradually wrested control from a tired England, and scored. Southgate must learn his lessons, and in the final against Spain help his players maintain or wrest momentum England’s way by making subs around minutes 60 to 70. It’s really not that complicated.

[@mankaudi7845]

That’s great

[@kernowarty]

I am a supporter of England but the truth of this Euro tournament is Spain have been the most outstanding team and England the least outstanding team. England also had an easy grouping. Imagine if we had had to play Spain, Italy, Germany or France in the early stages. We would have been home ages ago. It will take a miracle for us to be bringing home the trophy. It is a foregone conclusion that Spain will win.

[@warnelivesey]

Doesn't it make most sense to start Shaw and then take him off when and if he is tired?! If you start with Trip and Shaw comes on at 1/2 time you we run the risk that the game goes to extra time and Shaw has to play 75 mins.

[@lamino8-tg6ro]

Start Watkins and Palmer. Bench Kane and Foden both bad luck for the team

[@malcolmnelmes9447]

I know it is different but in the National League they play Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday regularly

[@Aidan-mt6cl]

Why is this a question? We already know the answer, the lineup will be the exact same as all the previous matches in this tournament

[@nihlify]

exactly... They do this before every game and we all know what Southgate will do

[@tomtomtombossa]

Shaw is not starting. Nor is Watkins

[@jamesgolder373]

I absolutely loved how Italy defeated them at Wembley 3 years ago that was one of my favourite football moments as a fan ever however Italy aren't in the final this time and it would be nice to see the English finally win some silverware after so long so best of luck to Southgate and his side on Sunday and if they do defeat the Spanish I can only imagine what the celebrations are going to be like in London Liverpool and all over England so best of luck boys

[@Vedranzuvela-CR7]

It’s just how the fans will react. They all have egos 😂

[@K.B.D0]

England have no chance against Spain for a number of reasons

[@intenzityd3181]

@@K.B.D0 Of course they have a chance. England have beaten much better Spanish sides than this one.

[@K.B.D0]

@@intenzityd3181 I dont know which tournament you have been watching 🤣If you want to bring heritage into the conversation no spanish opposition in a major tournament has lost a final,no European team in an international tournament that has played the second semi final has won since spain themselves in 2008

[@simonmatty5819]

I love the idea that 3 days is a quick turnaround. 😂

[@Oscar_s_World]

This is our time 🥇⚽🤞

[@gdog5032]

COME ON YOU ENGLAND BOYS!!

[@Daniel_Goh]

Spain are favourites. England has nothing to lose. Their coach probably had seen England’s poor intensity in general play throughout the tournament and make a plan on how to overrun England midfield. Go for broke. Hit Spain’s weakness from the get go and surprise them with formation and personnel. Their players are not tall and physical. Surprise them with 4-4-2 and play England’s traditional strength of high and long ball with Toney as target man and Watkins to play off him. The only way to beat Spain’s midfield is to bypass them. Use high balls and long throws on dead ball. Two players to play each flank, one to nullify their winger and the other to cross to penalty box. Shaw (left back), Bowen (left wing). Walker (right back), Gordon (right wing). Wharton (tackling, good long ball) and Rice (height and physicality) to anchor midfield, while Lewis Dunk (height) and Guehi (to man mark elusive Morata). Like in Germany game, when Spain intensity down in second half, bring in Mainoo, Saka, Palmer, Bellingham to pace the game accordingly and exert some ball control. Foden to come in late if trying to level the score. Stones to come in if trying to game manage. I am dreaming 😅

[@hmmm5082]

Spain will have 5 six footers so it's not too shabby, but height at right/left back is an issue. England aren't huge themselves though so that's not how it'll pan out. Spain are simply too strong and playing near maximum. That's the reality.

[@Daniel_Goh]

@@hmmm5082 Winning headers is not just about height and size. It’s about bravery and aggression in attacking it. Maguire is both size and height, but he does not leap nor does he attack the ball. Many times he wins headers because the ball goes towards him. That’s why his goal statistics from corners is not high. However, Toney and Dunk are good at attacking the high ball aggressively. Besides with Toney as target men, England can bypass Spain high press and keep their 2 midfield (of Rodri & Ruiz) running backwards. We have Pickford and Wharton who are good at forward long balls. Toney can either knock off the high balls behind their defence for a running Watkins, or hold the ball for England players to advance. Spain’s fullbacks (Cucurella & Carvajal) can deal with anyone we put on left and right wings and they can also go forward to attack like wingers. That’s why we need a 442 formation to keep their full backs on their defensive line. As such our crosses if unable to be done nearby byeline by wingers, it has to be crossed from less advanced positions (like Trent, Trippier, Wharton, Shaw). Their holding midfield Rodri is very good at holding the space between defence and midfield, so his club mate Foden and even Bellingham won’t find joy venturing into that area. Rodri is also good at professional fouls to stop transition too, so Bellingham also find it difficult to carry the ball forward with his dribbling runs. This is not a game for England to win in midfield battles. The way to rough Rodri up is if he has to run backwards all the time to help his defence.

[@TheReconJacob]

Sky. Please stop talking. This is not something that needs to be reported on.

[@RobertBernardoKim]

Absolutely you are spot on. English reporters go too much ahead. Please don't do that.

[@nihlify]

Lol, there's no secrets

[@billyp2516]

We should start 3-5-2 with Watkins alongside Kane. Kane can feed Watkins and Saka when they run behind the high line of the Spain defence. Gordon to come on for Shaw after an hour if we need attacking impetus, Trippier if we don’t.

[@kwasiakuffo1581]

Don't start Harry Kane!

[@JamesMc2051]

It'll be the same starting team as in the semi, with Shaw and Palmer as subs and then probably Watkins a later sub.

[@Yeast85]

Same as they’ve done all tournament, defensively.

[@noelroche794]

Can we go again he says, he is aware that we have 26 man squad, we have players to replace any player who's to fatigued to play.

[@badabing8884]

I think the key tactical battle will be midfield. Can England’s box midfield outnumber and control Spain’s 3 in midfield/ wingers?

[@kylephaneuf9975]

Back injury? Kane has a huge gut. He’s been eating and drinking too much in Germany.

[@ElonBlack1999]

😅

[@bash2268]

Kane been drinking larger

[@user-ir1ot2vk6h]

England should change the goalkeeper Ramsdle Walker Luke shaw Stone Gueuch Maino Rice Kane Palmer Saka Jude If Southgate wants to win i wil advise him to play that XI Im sure if he play that XI they will win the tournament

[@JohandariAber]

In the Arsenal game Cucurella locked out Saka for good, in the final England need another player on the right flank..maybe Cole Palmer.

[@tomgoymour1820]

You need to start Saka and see.... then change it if need be. Saka overall has been our best player, you cant judge on one gane where Cukerella slightly got the better of him. All parties should learn from that

[@32446]

We’ve got plenty of fresh legs on the bench.

[@SiLoMixMaster]

SouthGOAT has proven all the haters and doubters to be fools

[@timfooklouis9667]

We are all in one family, one england.

[@mr.rodriguez5099]

Its 4 days not 3

[@johnhehir508]

Kobbie maino declan rice phil foden harry kane and Bellingham all statistically due to score a goal 🤔🙊🙈🙉

[@newdayhomes8069]

Crazy for starting Kane. Suicidal.

[@stedky]

The European Golden Boot winner for this year, who has scored three of our goals this tournament? Of course you play him. Whether he can do 90m or not, you start him.

[@micheal6472]

​@@stedkyThat is the backward mentality that will hurt England

[@nicgreen6501]

Nah play him for 60 mins then freshen it up.

[@sterlingmarshel6299]

@@stedky golden boot means nothing - he is up against Spain and he has no legs to run the channels and open up space. He is a liability

[@stedky]

@@sterlingmarshel6299 it does mean something. It means he scored more goals than anyone else in any European league this year.

[@MARKD-sk4jo]

They've been having massages. Rest and recovery. Pearls of wisdom

[@Jack-sc3dn]

Get your “you have to say” bingo cards out

[@airzee515]

I have a drink every time Ally Mcoist says either "I've gottee Shay" or " I've gottee tell ye"... Ended up getting my stomach pumped! 😂

[@jamesmcallister9645]

If Watkins and Palmer don't start they most assuredly need to be given more than mere minutes, that doesn't always work.

[@user-ln4ic7jw1t]

Give some credits to our defense

[@TerryChimes123]

Kane is a carthorse.

[@safecrackergold3743]

Kane should in the first half drop him in the second and really go for it

[@meanmachine08]

I’m 41 and played 3 times last week

[@MEMEGURUJSP28115]

Luke Shaw must start.

[@kaysheye7784]

is he fit enough to start at LB? I saw someone say he should be in the middle of the park lol

[@paulhollins6127]

Being a top striker isnt just about goals . Defence starts ftom the front. Watkins presses the best in the prem . He moves defenders freeing up space for foden bellingham. He has to start over the unfit statue that is Harry Kane who had been btilliant for England in the past but for this Tournament not been fit..

[@sterlingmarshel6299]

truth - Kane comes back to the ball too much and makes zero runs in the box - so easy to defend. Watkins is fresh and fit. He will occupy the centerbacks. He is a better header of the ball than Kane. Kane can barely jump right now.

[@shengyi1701]

It’s more on tactics and England advised not to go toe to toe with Spanish.

[@Redcliff123]

Spain seems stronger than England but really hope it’s gonna coming home!

[@Ollie121299OnPC]

Spain deserve to win it, beaten Germany and France and didn’t have a easy route to the final unlike England

[@dravendean8710]

Deserve has feck all to do with it​@@Ollie121299OnPC

[@dravendean8710]

​@@Ollie121299OnPC are you an England fan?

[@hmmm5082]

"Seem"??? Lol They ARE stronger, much stronger.

[@hmmm5082]

​@@dravendean8710what does it matter? Take off the blinkers, and rose tinted glasses. This ends one way. Spain superb throughout and they will not fear England one bit.

[@finaldestination5847]

The question is: 3:1 or 4:0 !?

[@Ryan-bh9jp]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pickford Walker Stones Guehi Saka Bellingham Rice Shaw Palmer Foden Watkins

[@EdwardSpence-b7l]

Whatever you paid the ref in the Netherlands match you’ll need to triple it for Sunday.

[@intenzityd3181]

Yes we need it for Spain. We don't need the ref's help for Holland. Holland just aren't a threat to England.

[@Scottiroles]

You needed the refs help with that penalty so. Make sure you triple the fee this time around

[@Ibra12886]

But gomes LB he will stop lamin for sure 👍🏽

[@MariaJose-LD]

No. Nadie parará a Lamine Yamal 🇪🇦🔥

[@n7xyy]

You say Physically can we do it… well it the “manager” actually used the depth of the squad we have then there wouldn’t be this question…

[@sutlavo7866]

The final: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Guehi, Saka, Shaw, Mainoo, Rice, Bellingham, Foden, Kane

[@user-mk5tl6ft9y]

Whoever starts just need to ensure England stays in the game till 85th mins and the qualities of the subs will help England to win through extra time or penalty kicks. This is the first time that England meets a team that is better than them, so a lot more defensive work will be expected even from the attaking minded players like Saka, Foden, Bellingham. If Spain cannot win in 90 mins, England will be bringing it home.

[@jamessmithiii4129]

same lineup, be pepared to bring certain subs on earlier. total team effort needed again

[@hubertpierre9507]

England should ask for the same referee as against Holland … that would be enough to win the match 😂😂😂

[@Bassa1952]

I hope Kane plays. That way, we’re sure Spain will win.

[@jimknight5420]

Is it really necessary to ask that question?

[@paulhollins6127]

Start watkins He is fully fit and full of confidence. Bring toney and kane on for pens later on

[@Ollie121299OnPC]

Hardly going to pens is it? Spain have already beaten two teams better than England

[@foundation6867]

COME ON ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bring on Spain 🇪🇸 and the Euros final

[@stephenpodeschi6052]

The same starting line up most probably....

[@lukej452]

Not sure, but I do know that Spain will be lining in for a Ryanair check in for a business class flight back into Barcelona, very shortly after England's win.

[@gucci3079]

Probably with zero changes to the squad, like he’s done all tournament.

[@JeffTownsend-l8v]

Erm he changed formation after Slovakia game so not been the same formation all tournament.

[@TruthwillsetyoufreePodcast93]

Pickford Walker Stones Guehy Shaw Mainoo Rice Saka Bellingham Foden Ollie Watkins 4-2-3-1 formation defend when have to main focus on attacking the aim is to score more goals not sit back defending all game

[@warrenlondon2426]

I’m genuinely so confused. If Gareth Southgate wins us the Trophy on Sunday - considering the fact that we haven’t won anything significant since 1966!!! then why on earth will he quote “still need to leave”?!? That literally makes no sense.

[@For_Cruyff_Sake]

How demoralizing the players must feel when the country wants to sack the coach and have no confidence in the team spewing rhetoric such as "their luck will run out". Utterly embarrassment booing your own home team after a win

[@intenzityd3181]

Southgate did himself no favours when he brought extremist woke politics into sport where it doesn't belong. He now has a sizeable portion of the country against him no matter what, and his brand of ugly football doesn't help him.

[@Zizoosworld]

Kane is being selfish. He should drop his ego and speak to Southgate and tell him he shouldn't start as he's not 100%. I doubt he will because he feels this team needs him and it will hurt his brand. He's done a lot for England but just not this tournament. Southgate won't drop him because he doesn't want the aggro.

[@Vedranzuvela-CR7]

You know why Southgate is starting him? Because he as more reputation.

[@nihlify]

There's literally not a player in the world that would bench themselves azzwipe.

[@AtifKhan-ir7oe]

Southgate starting Kane will prove Middlesborough were right to sack him

[@bonglesnodkins329]

Foden has had such bad luck with goals this tournament (woodwork, goal line clearances, fractional offsides). My heart tells me that Foden has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before this is over.

[@northeast9162]

Its coming home boys

[@mrscanlan.5016]

DROP Kneelingham, big name to bring on, he comes alive last 15 minutes in these tourny games

[@yingyang1008]

Our line up stifles Foden, Bellingham and Kane by trying to squeeze them all in - we have to pay the price for that eventually Or maybe it's written in the stars

[@tomgoymour1820]

I think this is the ONLY real debate around the 'square pegs in round holes' issue. In the main players these days should be adaptable enough to cope, we are no longer in the 'is it Lampard or Gerrard' era... look at how other teams handle it. BUT, Foden and Bellingham have both been exceptional at times but also both gone missing, and that is because they are too similar, get in each other's way, and Foden has a role he doesn't seem to be abe to fulfil on the left in the way we require. Maybe it is written in the stars? For all the criticism of GS management and substitutions, he does seem to have got it about right when it matters. I think he will start them both for the final but I am far more confident now that he will change things earlier ... if it appears it isn't 'written in the stars' ... we'll see.

[@JohnnyWitney]

Team looks so much better when Palmer is on the field. England have to nullify the speed of this Spanish team. They move forward with the ball very fast.

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

And Watkins

[@ZayneIdris-qx7tx]

England defo gonna lose against Spain....... there's no comparison...... we have stumbled to the final whereas Spain have been a powerhouse!!! Let's not get carried away and end this love 😍 affair now before its really hurtful come Sunday!!

[@hmmm5082]

It doesn't matter who and how England start with and shape out. Spain are the better team, has the better coach, better collection of players, better style. They're a Roll Royce team. This will only end one way, the best England can hope for is that it's not a humiliation.

[@FoxyFox999]

Ask Gareth. He may know 😂

[@OwenEditz129]

Btw sky, get your facts right. Spain drew with Germany as it went to extra time

[@yawanane6962]

Overtime win is overall win

[@mjksl]

If real life had Asian Handicaps, England would need to start with +1