DBasia.news – The England National Team will host Croatia in the inaugural match of Euro 2020 Group D at Wembley Stadium, Sunday (13/6) at 20.00 WIB. This match is expected to be fierce.
Revenge will color the duel of the two teams. England certainly wants to avenge the defeat against the same opponent in the 2018 World Cup semifinals.
Britain’s opportunity to make this happen is wide open. In addition to playing at home, the material for The Three Lions players is now more complete than three years ago.
Croatia will certainly find it difficult to read the strategy that will be applied by England. That’s because Gareth Southgate’s team has a row of quality players, especially up front.
In the two Euro 2020 warm-up matches, England always appeared with a 4-2-3-1 formation. It is possible that the same scheme will be used again.
It is difficult to predict which forwards England will play in this match. Maybe only Harry Kane is certain to appear.
As for Kane’s companion, other England forwards have relatively equal opportunities. Now it’s just a matter of what formation Southgate will use.
When referring to the performance throughout the 2020-2021 season, Marcus Rashford and Mason Mount deserve to be favored to accompany Kane from the wing. Both did show impressive performances.
But according to the Daily Mail, Southgate is more inclined to play Raheem Sterling than Rashford. Even though the Manchester City winger began to decline to compete in Pep Guardiola’s team.
Rashford’s condition, which is not quite 100%, is Southgate’s consideration. The Manchester United striker does often use painkillers to be able to play.
Another option is to play Jadon Sancho on the flanks. While Mount was shifted to the attacking midfielder post.
But this decision also poses a dilemma. Southgate had to choose between playing Mount or Jack Grealish as an attacking midfielder.
“Seeing how players are present every day is very influential. We don’t ignore what we see in training,” said England’s assistant coach, Steve Holland.
“So despite having a clear plan until the weekend, we keep an open mind. In the end you hope to make the right choice, but we are very clear about the direction of the game for the game.”
Southgate must be really careful in determining the composition on the front lines. Croatia certainly will not just let the goal be conceeded by the host.