Football’s coming home, according to the fans inside Wembley. We have heard that before and so the usual disclaimers must apply. But this was an encouraging start for England, at the very least: the first time they have won the opening game of a European Championship – at the 10th time of asking.
It was a deserved victory, too, against surely the strongest opposition Gareth Southgate’s team will face in the group stage. It was an occasion when revenge was in the air, with one or two of England’s players recalling beforehand the semi-final defeat by Croatia in the 2018 World Cup. It is hard to see that anything will
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