SCOTLAND legend Graeme Souness has slammed England’s World Cup displays following their elimination from the tournament. The Three Lions’ hopes of reaching the final for the first time since 1966 ended last night after a 2-1 extra-time defeat to Croatia. Graeme Souness has slammed EnglandWillie Vass And Souness has hit out at stars such as Jesse Lingard and Dele Alli as he highlighted England’s easy run to the semi-final. Speaking last night on BeIN Sports, Souness said: “I want to emphasise the midfield. “You can’t win the big trophies, you can’t dominate football matches, you can’t put yourself in a position where you are not giving the ball away unless you’ve got good players in midfield who can keep the ball. “I come back to Lingard and Dele Alli – two players who want to get on the end of things after there has been clever play by somebody else. Lingard had a night to forget against CroatiaEPA “They don’t want to get involved in keeping the ball and dominating possession. “They want to be involved in scoring the goals and getting on the end of things. “And the make-up of the team was all wrong tonight. All wrong tonight. “When they come up against a decent team, I think it’s inevitable that they were going to struggle tonight.” Here are England’s open play shots at the World Cup. In 10 hours of play, they only had six shots on target, and one of those was a deflection off Kane’s heel. pic.twitter.com/br2HU0Hauh — Andrew Beasley (@BassTunedToRed) July 11, 2018 Today, stats emerged showing Gareth Southgate’s men only had SIX shots on target in 10hours of open play. Souness added: “Let me explain. They played the worst team in the tournament in Panama. Alli failed to create any clear-cut chances for his sideAlamy Live News “They played, along with Saudi Arabia, probably the second worst team in the tournament, Tunisia. “Put a line through the Belgium game, that doesn’t count. “Then they play Colombia and in the second half, Colombia were much better than them. “England came back in extra-time but only after a Colombia player hit the crossbar. RELATED STORIES FLOP SHOP Ex-Rangers winger Dalcio ‘set for loan spell’ just months after Benfica return QUEEN OF DIAMONDS Rangers WAG Catia Almeida sizzles in plunging swimsuit on Mexico break GROUND WORK Rangers’ plans for stage two of Ibrox refurbishment approved by council chiefs NO REPEATS Gerrard reckons Rangers’ defeat to Progres makes FK Shkupi team talk easy FITNESS FIGHT Steven Gerrard provides injury updates on Jordan Rossiter and Graham Dorrans Gers swoop Rangers tracking World Cup somersault defender Milad Mohammadi “They get through on penalties. “Then they play a team in Sweden who were in awe of England. Both played a similar sort of game; long ball and feed off the bits. RUBBING IT IN Scottish punters chant ‘England’s going home’ in Ibiza bar “Tonight is the first time, other than the Belgium game, that they have come up against a team who wants to pop it around and keep possession. “And they really, really were shown up for being a back-to-front team playing very basic football.” Keep up to date with ALL the latest news, transfers and goals from Scottish football plus fixtures, results and live match commentary
Source: Scottish Sun, News
Source: Scottish Sun, News
