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Dan Burke·3 July 2021
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Dan Burke·3 July 2021
Is football coming home, or are England going home? We will soon find out.
England boss Gareth Southgate drew praise for mirroring Germany’s formation in Tuesday’s game, but this will be a different kettle of fish.
Ukraine also play with wing-backs but with the pressure on his team to control the game, it will be interesting to see whether Southgate opts for three central defenders again, or whether he sacrifices a bit of defensive solidity to get an extra attacker into his team.
It could be a fascinating tactical battle either way.
The scorer of three of England’s four goals at the tournament so far, Sterling is in red hot form and will be feeling confident about getting on the scoresheet again.
The West Ham man can be very dangerous when cutting inside onto his left foot, and perhaps he’ll be extra motivated to get one over on an England team full of Premier League cohorts.
Ukraine (3-5-2): Bushchan; Zabarnyi, Kryvtsov, Matvienko; Karavaev, Sydorchuk, Shaparenko, Stepanenko, Zinchenko; Yarmolenko, Yaremchuk
England (4-3-3): Pickford; Trippier, Stones, Maguire, Chilwell; Rice, Phillips, Mount; Sterling, Sancho, Kane.