When it comes to analysing the loss to Italy in the final of Euro 2020, it is hard to get past the way England were forced to retreat as the game wore on and the battle for midfield supremacy began to tilt in the direction of Jorginho and Marco Verratti.
It is a familiar tale of woe. Ten years ago it was Andrea Pirlo completing more passes than the England midfield when Italy knocked them out of Euro 2012. The flaws were clear but little changed.
