First win for 22 years against a Dutch side now more in trauma than transition is commendable and Tuesday’s test against Italy will offer more scope for learningGareth Southgate departed the Netherlands warmed by the positives. England were far better than a dismal Dutch side – a team more in trauma than transition,and one who will endure a summer off – with the visitors solid, well-drilled and committed, and just as they had been in the late autumn against Germany and Brazil.
They contain achieved five clean sheets in succession,but there was a pleasing fluidity to the attacking approach play, too, and with the emphasis always forward-thinking. Jesse Lingard’s winning goal just before the hour allayed fears this team are rendered painfully blunt in the absence of Harry Kane.
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Source: guardian.co.uk