After a boring draw with Denmark, England lost the chance to go to the round of sixteen as group leaders with one encounter yet to go.

Though England lost in the second half of the opening game against Serbia, Gareth Southgate decided to start an unaltered lineup against the Danes, whom England trounced at Wembley.

Following a slow start and Southgate refusing to drop Trent Alexander-Arnold and Phil Foden, Harry Kane’s 64th goal for his country handed the Three Lions a 1-0 lead.

With a great strike from distance, Morten Hjulmand levelled in the 34th minute and England’s levels plummeted once more in a somewhat sloppy display.

Declan Rice 5

Although the Arsenal man made several crucial interceptions, he did lose more passes than normal.

Bukayo Saka, 5

After witnessing the devastation he caused to Serbia in the first game, Denmark obviously had a strategy for him. threatened with his sprinting in behind, not his finest England performance.

Though they looked nothing like prospective winners in Gelsenkirchen, the reigning champions still have qualification for the last 16 in their own hands.

The current European champions are Italy, but for what duration? Spain taught the Azzurri football on Thursday; although their Group B encounter in Gelsenkirchen only finished 1-0 thanks to a very unfortunate own goal form Riccardo Calafiori, the difference in class between the two teams was significant.

Italy would have been routed, indeed, without Gigi Donnarumma, who produced his Euro 2020 best here. They were totally over-run in midfield and their full-backs were tortured by Spain wingers Lamine Yamal and especially Nico Williams. They provided nothing moving forward until the last ten minutes.

Jorginho (2/10):

Dictated the pace of the game against Albania but absolutely atrocious here against top-class opponents. Rightly subbed after a shоcking first-half display in which he repeatedly gave the ball away.