Italy were the best side in the Euros. They deserved to win (and I backed them at the bookies which rather pleased me).
But tonight they looked like a team that had no preparation at all. England were very average and still got past them.
I'm not. I've been accused of being a Southgate fanboy.
I analyse matches from a neutral perspective. Pleased England won, but tonight felt more like a friendly match. England very average and Italy utterly bewildering in the first half.
A win is a win. And this is, what should be, the...
Who was he biased for ? I thought for a long period England were getting the rub of the green.
Ref was fine overall. Sending off was a clearly second bookable offence. I actually thought he'd got away with it at one stage.
England didn't play especially well, even in the first half. A piece of poor defending and an unfortunate armball. If it had been 0-0 at half time we wouldn't have said it was a screaming injustice although England were better.
Second half was pants all round.
Average England, somewhat poor...
On this occasion, England have been playing okay, but if anything they have been pedestrian at times. This is more a case of a woeful Italian first half.
The test is how England cope when they wake up.
Bellingham is class.