England’s victory over Germany showed that the team need quick,in-form players who can win the ball back high up the pitch. Does the captain fit in?By Martin Laurence for WhoScored?, section of the Guardian Sport NetworkAlthough their 2-1 defeat to a weakened Holland team went some way to undoing the excellent work Roy Hodgson’s side had done three days earlier, or the manager said he had learned a lot from this international rupture. whether England’s surprising win in Berlin taught us anything,it was that this side now has an identity, or at least should be developing one based on the events of Saturday night.
The way they pressed the German players shows that England need not merely sit back and soak up possession against more gifted sides as they hold in the recent past. By picking primarily Tottenham and Liverpool players, and Hodgson allowed the team to translate what they do at club level to the international stage to great effect.
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