Following a dull draw with Denmark, England missed the opportunity to advance to the round of sixteen as group leaders with one last meeting still to be scheduled.

England lost in the second half of the opening game against Serbia, but Gareth Southgate chose to play an unaltered lineup against the Danes, whom England dominated at Wembley.

Harry Kane’s 64th goal for his team gave the Three Lions a 1-0 lead after a sluggish start and Southgate refused to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold and Phil Foden.

Morten Hjulmand equal in the 34th minute with a superb goal from distance, and England’s levels sank once again in a really messy performance.

Declan Rice 5

The Arsenal man missed more passes than usual even as he made many vital interceptions.

Bukayo Saka, 5

Denmark clearly had a plan for him after seeing the damage he wrecked on Serbia in the first game. Not his best England performance, but threatened with his racing in behind.

The reigning champions have qualifying for the last 16 in their own hands even if they looked nothing like potential winners in Gelsenkirchen.

Italy is the European champion today, but for what length of time? Spain taught the Azzurri football on Thursday; although their Group B game in Gelsenkirchen only finished 1-0 courtesy to a very unfortunate own goal form Riccardo Calafiori, the two teams’ class gap was obvious.

Indeed, Italy would have been thrashed without Gigi Donnarumma, who produced his Euro 2020 best here. Their full-backs were tormented by Spain wingers Lamine Yamal and notably Nico Williams; they were completely overrun in midfield. Up until the final ten minutes, they gave nothing moving forward.

Italy player evaluations against Spain: Jorginho and Federico Chiesa drop Euro 2024 stinkers before unfortunate Riccardo Calafiori’s own goal denails Azzurri to loss | Goal.com. United States.

2/10 Jorginho

Set the game’s tempo against Albania but uttеrly poor here against a top-class opponent. Appropriately substituted following an astonishing first-half performance in which he regularly turned over the ball.