England comes back from nowhere

Perhaps this incredible scenario, this shot of electricity and these fantastic emotions were needed to wake up this sleeping beauty. Without spring, without idea, without even the ounce of a common thread on the collective level to assemble its incredible individualities, theEngland
was nevertheless saved by an essential virtue: her soul.

Having been battered for a long time by a coherent Slovakian team, Gareth Southgate’s team came back from nowhere, really. They clung to the last branch after having started their fall into the void. The whole Kingdom was preparing to put them lower than earth when Jude Bellingham, at the end of the game, rose into the heavens to place an acrobatic overhead kick that will remain in history (1-1, 90th + 5).

England got a scare

A coup de grace which generated a period of euphoria on which this imperfect team was able to surf to achieve an unexpected victory. Because in the process, it was the other superstar of these Three Lions, captain Harry Kane, who catapulted the ball into the back of the net with a perfect header (2-1, 91st).

Before and after that, this match had been a long moment of torture for the English. Completely amorphous in the face of their opponent’s low block, Southgate’s men were logically punished by Schranz, a precise scorer at the heart of a cataclysmic first act on the British side (0-1, 25th). And the height of it all is that Milan Skriniar and his teammates had the ammunition to get through this round.

With a little more luck, the Slovaks would have made the break by scoring in the goal deserted by a still very feverish Pickford, or with a touch of luck on huge situations. To be fair in the accounts, England had their hot moments when they also pushed in a disorderly manner, like Rice, who hit the post (85th). But the addition will remain difficult to take for Slovakia. For England, the rest will tell if this victory will lay the foundations of a journey worthy of the name. This Sunday evening’s match came to remind us: there is no easy draw. Football is the school of humility.