Maybe this is what happens when you play all the fun guys. Lee Carsley loaded his starting England XI with Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Cole Palmer in central areas, Bukayo Saka and Anthony Gordon on the wings; the dial turned furiously to attack.
It was a team to excite, the kind that so many England fans have craved. And for very long spells, it was a mess. England lacked control in midfield and they were porous at the back, Greece tearing through them with increasing regularity.
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