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The Guardian - UK
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Taha Hashim

This one’s for you Gareth: a bluffer’s guide on how to win the Euros

Kyle Walker gets his selfie on as England players head for their flight to Germany.
Kyle Walker gets his selfie on as England players head for their flight to Germany. Photograph: Morgan Harlow/The FA/Getty Images

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT

Well, at least Harry Kane wasn’t on corners this time. Eight years on from delivering humiliation in Nice, Iceland were back at it, thunder-clapping their way to a 1-0 victory on Friday to keep the favourites – who now have one win in their last five – humble before Euro 2024 kicks off. So what should England fans do here: label this as a crisis-in-waiting or brush it off as an exercise in experimentation? Sob over pictures of Jack Grealish, national hero of the pandemic Euros, or fire up “Anthony Gordon – Crazy Dribbling Skills, Goals & Assists – 2024” on YouTube and trust Gareth Southgate has got this? England’s manager is probably calm, aided by his fine tournament record. But there’s no harm in some last-minute revision on how to actually win the trophy.

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