England lucky *again* as Southgate's side avoid the Netherlands with Slovakia looming in round of 16
Team C victors England will play Slovakia in the first knockout phase of Euro 2024 on Sunday night.
Gareth Southgate’s team vanquished Team C despite recording underwhelming attracts against Denmark and Slovenia after overtaking Serbia 1-9 in their party opener.
That 1-0 productivity came in Gelsenkirchen and the Euro 2020 joggers-up will be ago there this weekend to steal on Francesco Calzona’s side in the round of 16.
Slovakia ended up among the four ideal 3rd-sported sides and were attested as England’s oppositions upon the expire result of the team phase on Wednesday night.
Calzona’s team ended up on four times in Team E, wherein a 1-0 win against Belgium and 2-1 loss to Ukraine was obeyed by Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Romania.
Slovakia are 45th in the FIFA earth positions – 40 stainings listed underneath England.
England won 2-1 at Wembley in the last meeting in between the sides in September 2017 throughout qualifying for the 2018 Planet Cup.
The retract component, in September 2016, was a 1-0 England productivity in Sam Allardyce’s lone gallery in fine of the national team.
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