Southgate had around 20 minutes to formulate an alternative system to shut down Croatia's area of strength. The most obvious would have involved removing one of the strikers and introducing a makeshift left-winger, changing formation only slightly and occupying Vrsaljko. luca zidane jersey
But the manager persisted with the same system, England couldn't cope down the flanks, and their the opportunity to reach the World Cup final was gone.kiko casilla jersey


Southgate had two months to address this shortcoming ahead of England's next fixture, the 2-1 defeat to Spain.