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Published: 13:22, 26 Jun 2024Updated: 13:33, 26 Jun 2024
Only the soothing words of Jason Cundy could calm down an enraged Jamie O’Hara after England’s bore draw against Slovenia on Tuesday.
England are through to the knockout stages of Euro 2024, topping their group and earning themselves a spot on the ‘easier’ side of the draw away from Germany, Spain and Portugal.
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Southgate’s England have not impressed so far at Euro 2024Credit: Getty
Now that is the good news. The bad news is that they have scored two goals in three matches against Serbia, Denmark and Slovenia and have looked turgid throughout the tournament.
Sports Bar hosts Cundy and O’Hara debated the performance against Slovenia on Tuesday night on talkSPORT as a nation tried to come to terms with what they had just seen.
Cundy insisted that better teams would give England more space to play as they will look to attack, rather than sit back as Serbia, Denmark and Slovenia have done in the group stage.
With the Three Lions likely to face the Netherlands in the first knockout round, Cundy told a raging O’Hara: “The team that we played [on Tuesday] and the teams we played going into the European Championship – Bosnia, Iceland – are all very similar.
“The Dutch will give us more space, you can the way that they played against Austria [in the 3-2 loss that consigned them to third in their group].”
O’Hara appeared unconvinced and struggled to keep calm as the fan in him got frustrated during the 90 minutes against Slovenia and at one point walked out of the watchalong he was taking part in on.
However, Cundy continued: “You think I am clutching at straws? What I am saying is we will have more chance to attack.
“Conversely, though, they will cause us more problems. [Jordan] Pickford has done nothing. How do you beat England?
“Because I have seen nothing to suggest that any team can score against us.”
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Cundy told O’Hara that England will get better against the bigger nationsCredit: talkSPORT
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England could face the Netherlands in the next round
O’Hara interjected: “Because no one has had a go against us!”
Smirking, Cundy replied: “Right. There you go.”
Jamie O’Hara loses it and storms out of talkSPORT during England’s 0-0 draw with Slovenia
But O’Hara was still not having it, hitting back: “As soon as someone has a go at us, we will fold. Like a deck of cards.”
And the Three Lions made history with their drab draw against Slovenia – for all the wrong reasons.
Nevertheless, England are through to the knockout stages and the dream is very much still on to go one further than their last appearance at the European Championship.
At Euro 2020, Gareth Southgate led the nation to the final before they were defeated on penalties to Italy.
The important thing, as Cundy points out, England are through to fight on.
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