GIMME FIVE
Well, that was rather straightforward. This was built up as a brutal, menacing encounter, England entering the furnace of the Rajko Mitic Stadium and forced to navigate The Tunnel, the venue’s 240-metre long quirk – labelled as “terrifying” by one of the tabloids; “not so agreeable” by the more reasonable Thomas Tuchel. Chuck in Tuchel’s readiness to embrace the enduring spirit of Rory Delap and you would have expected a Royal Rumble in Belgrade, the visitors unlikely to look all that pretty in pursuit of victory.