
A free kick from Luke Shaw set up a header from Maguire. The ball went in off the shoulder of goalkeeper Georgiy Bushchan inside the near post.Įngland also scored early in the second half after Kane was fouled about 10 seconds. Kane scored on England’s first opportunity in the fourth minute, using one touch to redirect a through ball from Raheem Sterling for his second goal in as many matches. But the bigger goal at this point is to duplicate the success of the 1966 England team that won the World Cup on home soil. They have played their part as a group member but he picked the team he though was right and credit to him.The last time England made it to the last four of the European Championship was in 1996. “Everyone wants Grealish and Foden in, popular choices, they are the sexy choices, but he hasn’t done that all the time. “All those people have pulled their necks in now because Sterling has probably carried this team, by the way. “Going into the first game, by the way, there was a lot of people shouting and hollering and rattling about Sterling shouldn’t be playing. “But, because he knows what they both give the group he was prepared to wait. I’m absolutely delighted for both of them.

“He knew the worth of Henderson, you saw that last night. “He put Henderson in the group where a lot of people were saying he shouldn’t be, he’s not good enough for one reason, not fit enough. “I don’t think there is now because people in the game have he’ll make the tough judgement calls and I’ll give you one or two real examples.

Speaking on talkSPORT, he said: “There was a misconception, potentially, and I’m talking from a footballing aspect, that he’s a soft touch, or whatever. Pearce cleared up a common misconception about Southgate. Stuart Pearce, former England international and team-mate of Gareth Southgate, has praised his pal for his decision making so far at Euro 2020.
